Albergue Papasol, Atapuerca

After last night's hotel splurge I'm back to being more frugal. Only 5€ for a bed in this albergue
After last night's hotel splurge I'm back to being more frugal. Only 5€ for a bed in this albergue
I'm headed to the big city of Burgos today. Just a 12.5 mile walk.
Cathedral
The Meseta is the high central plateau of Spain, and is mostly treeless. I'm putting my hands free umbrella/parasol to good use here. I think that it takes about a week to cross. Someone could make aRead more
It was a long hot day. I probably should have stopped earlier. I'm pretty sure that the signs that said 5 km to Hontanas were wrong, because it sure felt more like 10 km. In total it was about 19.5Read more
And the Paella I had for dinner. But I didn't eat all of that. I had dinner with a couple from Quebec, and two Korean girls.
I left early this morning and came upon the ruins of this Convent that was built in the 12yh century just as the sun was coming up.
Fortunately, a group of people who had started walking at 3 am wereRead more
A nice place to stop for a chocolate croissant and some café con leche
12.6 miles Hontanas to Itero de la Vega
Though I ended up walking 15 miles because I left my poles at a rest stop and had to walk 1.2 miles each way to retrieve them. 😀
Itero de la Vega isRead more