Burgos to Boadilla

A note before I start, Congratulations, to all our teacher friends on achieving a new contract! Too bad the government had to wait until late Sept to finally concede!

We left Burgos after being woken up at 3am by young people in the street they were still going at it when we left the hotel at 6:30.

(A note on what we have been told about unemployment in Spain, apparently the rate for young people is over 50%, so where do they get their money to party? If you work for 5 years you are entitled to 2 years of unemployment insurance at 100% of your lost wages. If you don't get a new job in 2 years you then get a subsidy. Because wages have gone down in the last few years most people will not take a low paying job, hence, young people with money who don't have to get in the morning)

Anyways we are thinking we may go right on through the big cities from now on, go to the next small town and bus back if we want to see something.

We had a long day today, made longer by a couple of km detour around construction. Today was like a walk back to our time in Saskatchewan, harvested grain fields and big skies.

Long day out on the Meseta.

Thinking of our friend Alfred in Sask, wouldn't want to rock pick or till, for that matter, this field.

We are walking with a number of people that we have been with off and on since the beginning. Cindy and Pete from Oceanside Ca., Linda from Campbell River, Robin from Edmonton and Eric from Montreal. We were all walking to Hontanas, Cindy had picked out a private Alburgue which turned out to be really great.

We often have dinners "family style". Pete, Robin, Sue (from Idaho), Blair, George (from Greece), Spaniard, Frechman, Sharon, Linda, Cindy.

Awesome chicken veg paella we had for supper

Before supper while Sharon was relaxing with her feet elevated, Blair did some exploration of Hontanas.

Blair found caves in Honsantas.

 

More caves

 

More wind power, lots of wind power here

Early night and up real early! The nice thing was that the couple that run the alburgue, who are from Cuba, had coffee and breakfast going by six, so we stayed there and had coffee, orange and croissant before we left. The chocolate in the centre of Sharon's croissant was still warm!

So off we went in the dark, again, heading back out onto the Meseta, today at one spot it really looked like Qu'Apelle Valley, then you come into a town and it would be beautiful with old homes attached to new one very cool the way they are building here.

Another dark morning

Ruins of convent hospital that helped pilgrims at the time of the plague.

Beautiful home and garden

 

Beautiful church down below the castle (see next pic)

 

Looks like Qu'Appelle Valley in Sask.

Sharon and Michaela ( from Adelaide) crossing a medieval bridge.

So after another 28 km day we are in Boadilla, at a large alburgue, tomorrow will set us up to stage for a 17 km walk with no towns, so as you can see from the picture below everyone is resting up.

Alburgue in Boadilla

Last word, today is Sharon's brother Brian's wedding, we wish him and Michelle every happiness!

 

 

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