After a crazy day of traveling yesterday (plane to Madrid, bus to León) I finally found the pilgrim´s albergue and settled in for a night of rest. It´s a very cool experience, meeting people from all over the world and listening to why they are embarking on the Camino. Meals are usually communal, there is a kitchen if you´d like to prepare your own food, and the fare is only 4 Euro a night.Today I walked from León to Villadangos del Páramo, which was about 15 miles. I had originally intended to walk 20, but the heat forced me to surrender. As I left town in León at 7:00 am, the Spainards my age were just leaving the bars and were putting on quite the show outside the main cathedral in town (pictured at the left). As I walked past, I saw two people violently expel the contents of their stomach and another man relieve himself as I neared him, which he found quite amusing. It made me a little mad to see people blatantly disrespecting such a beautiful part of their city.
Walking the Camino started out lovely, with the sun not yet overhead and blazing. The fields I passed through were colored with yellow and red wildflowers (the colors of Spain) that smelled wonderful. Oftentimes butterflies would cross my path too, which was strange because I never saw them anywhere else in the field but next to the camino. This is going to be a test of my willpower and endurance, but I´m really enjoying the reprive from rushing around to see tourist attractions.
I´m going to try to made it to Astorga tomorrow, which is about 20 miles...I´m really hoping I won´t be sore. For now, I´m off to take a siesta and rest up!
As we pilgrims say to one another, "Buen Camino!"
I hope the road of life is treating each of you well :)
Abrazos,
Kelsey
You got it kels! love chach
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