Day 14- Atapuerca to Burgos

At a glance
Cultural highlight: the Cathedral Santa Maria in Burgos
Food highlights: Tortilla (potato & egg pie) topped with a local sausage Mocella which looks like blood sausage and a grain and tastes like haggis.
Kilometres walked: 20.6k
# of steps: 27,541
Elevation gain: +126 for the 1st k then -247m
A quiet easy walk to Burgos. We opted for the less known river route which was noisy with birds and very pleasant.
We arrived at the municipal albergue (€10 ea ) just before it opened and waited in line meeting Larry a senior from Friday Harbour. Trudy's seniors rail card fell out when the man was registering us and he waved his proudly too. I think it was the seniors card which got us a semi private room with only one bunk bed.
Also in the line was Lorenzo once again. He had connected with Dorio and was expecting to be reunited with his Apple Air Bud tonight.
We did our wash and hung it up to dry under darkening clouds and headed out in a downpour to tour Santa Maria Catedral. Amazing cathedral. By coincidence, Cathy and I had been there for medival days when the catedral was filled with lords and ladies.
We got back and decided to splurge €3 to use the dryer with a fellow who was having dinner with Lorenzo. We made a deal. We would pay for the dryer and he was in charge if getting it out in 35 mins.
Now the big news. Lorenzo had a big smile and opened his Apple Air Pod case happily showing me a complete pair.
We ate at a restaurant that had menus in English, with junked honey or tree chocolate cake on the menu, along with Hake goes in the oven. Trudy had a very boney sea bass with salad and decided to stick with other options in future.
As we head back in the rain to the alburgue we spot someone in bright rescue red foul weather gear. There could only be one person carrying that. Yes, Michael. He is planning a short day tomorrow as he wants to go from donativo to donativo and a short day will put him onto a convenient donitivo schedule.Læs mere