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- 6 окт. 2022 г.
- ⛅ 20 °C
- Высота: 794 м
- ИспанияCastilla y LeónBelorado42°25’6” N 3°11’1” W
It's a long, long way to Santiago
6 октября 2022 г., Испания ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
After a three night hibernation I braved the road to Santiago again. I had to book accommodation 22 km ahead because there were no private rooms in between and I'm not ready to spread my germs around yet.
I walked about 12 km over rolling hills, through harvested fields and reached the land of sunflower fields. They are dry and dead but haven't yet been harvested for the seeds. They must have looked gorgeous a month or so back.
I passed the end of the region of La Rioja and entered Castilla y Leon, the biggest region of Spain traversed by the Camino. When I leave it, 400km from now, I'll only have 150km to go to get to Santiago. But at the moment it's still a long long way to Santiago. The signage around here is a little unreliable. I must have seen signs saying roughly 565km to Santiago at least three or four times over the last 50km. Hopefully tomorrow I'll get under 550km.
I taxied the last 10km to my hotel which isn't very exciting but allows me to stay away from people. They even fed me an early dinner so I won't feel guilty being in the restaurant at the same time as everyone else. The Camino was right next to the road as I zoomed past in the taxi and half of it was through road works so it was a good section to miss.
Lots of people are talking about the great food I'm having and while I occasionally get some nice food the pilgrim meals available in most places aren't that inspiring. The most common entree is ensalada mixta which is mixed salad. This generally comes with egg and tuna but can be anything. It's a big serving of greens and you generally have to choose it if you want any salad/vegetables in your life. It can be delicious but is usually pretty average. Second course is some version of meat, usually fairly bland, with some version of potatoes, generally chips. Sometimes you get a small serve of capsicum as well, particularly with chicken, but no other vegetables in sight. Dessert is usually a piece of fruit or a cream caramel (flan) or egg custard (nutilla) or ice cream. Serving sizes are sufficient but not huge and while I'm not hungry afterwards I'm rarely full either.
I'm sure if I had decent clothes to wear I could try some higher standard restaurants if I had the energy to stay up for dinner at 9 or 10pm. But you wouldn't be welcome there in pilgrim attire.
There are lots of lovely treats and tapas around at times but not always when you're hungry.Читать далее
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