• ShaunLCCamino de Santiago - May 2025Traveler
    Night out on the town on my last evening. Tried a fusion tapas bar.
    Mixed gyozas and a vermouth, both very yumTuna tataki with a sauce that really piqued the taste budsEveryone loves pork bellyMore Burgos statuesStatues, an old couple just chillingBurgos cathedral on a perfect morningBreakfast. I'm liking tomato toast. I'm loving bombon - espresso, condensed milk, creamI love these trees, they've been everywhere so farArcos de Castilfalé in the park along the riversideThe WaySolitude in the wheat fields, and in the sun which was niceWind turbines for almost a full 360 degreesWind turbinesIt's Spanish food if it Spanish spelling isn't it? This is a hamburguesa.Wry pleasant walking conditions allowing my feet to recover.Ty e last section was parallel ty e motorway, not ideal but the going was good to eat up the kmWaving wheat, wry peaceful to watch

    Day 14 - The road less traveled

    May 12 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C

    Burgos to Estapar
    26.1km
    Accumulated distance 342.4km
    It was a late start this morning. I’d forgotten to get my pilgrim passport stamped yesterday so wait until the cathedral opened at 9.30am. It gave me time to relax, have a decent breakfast, then hit the road. It was nice to see Burgos under nice sunshine, but a cold 7deg start.
    Today was going to be tricky with careful navigation. My accommodation is off the beaten track so I don’t have to e luxury of following the Camino route. It was going to be a google day.
    The first hour out of town was nice, following the river through parkland with trees and statues, very pleasant.
    My first challenge leaving the established route was blocked by roadworks. Got turned around a bit but worked my way through to the country roads. Nice walking conditions in my new sandals, so far so good and comfy soles over the rocks and stones.
    Relatively uneventful day, and my first day being absolutely solo, not another person to be seen walking all day. Surprisingly pleasant to be on my own.
    Passed through a couple of villages, also mostly deserted, and also passed another failed housing development outside Buniel, another casualty of the 2008 crash.
    Lunch stop at a roadside service centre then the last few hours to my hotel in Estapar.
    The moment of the day was more like an extended period of time alone, experiencing the silence, waving wheat fields, and the enormous amount of wind turbines.    Read more