Day 27-León

On our 10 mile walk today, Pat happened to mention that we have three weeks of walking until we reach Santiago. I just couldn't believe it. The time is going by so quickly.

The walk was easy until we reached León's city limits and had to maneuver through traffic and crowds.

Our room wasn't ready when we arrived so we left our backpacks at the hotel and had lunch at a yummy Italian place. When we back to the hotel, the receptionist brought out our backpacks and said, "it's really hard carrying a backpack". Yeah, I know.

A German tourist got a kick out of our pilgrim passports and took pictures of the stamps we'd collected. He couldn't believe we'd walked over 400 kilometers so far.

We're staying at the Parador in León which was originally a 16th century monastery and hospital. It was also a prison at some point but it's now a five star hotel brimming with antiques and artwork in the hallways and cloister. It also has high-end lighting and fixtures in the room (which is the size of apartments I lived in when I was in my 20s) . I don't even want to leave the room to check out León.

But we did venture out to the Barrio Romántico for drinks and tapas. This area is known for cecina, which is thinly sliced cured beef. Basically, it's prosciutto made from a cow. It's delicious!

Tomorrow is a rest day so we'll tour the cathedral and soak up the local ambiance.Read more