Day 13-Santo Domingo de la Calzada

Walked about 11 miles today. Mostly flat with one climb. We walked pretty fast today. We checked into the Parador Bernardo de Fresneda which was originally built as a monetary and pilgrim hospital. It's really nice and parts of the walls show the original stone.

We had a huge lunch so we skipped dinner. Pat had pizza and I had fettuccine carbonara and dorado fish with salad. Dessert was coffee flan. Then we may have had churros and chocolate.

While Pat napped, I toured the church attached to our parador and the ivory and nativity exhibit. Then I walked over to the cathedral to find the chickens that live there (there's a hard to believe story behind it). The crypt below the cathedral has beautiful mosaics. I also walked up teeny stone steps up to the roof and could see our parador from there.

After that, my feet were done for the day.Read more