Letters To

I described a little bit of this day in this previous post , but now I'll write a more detailed version of my day after leaving Puente la Reina. We wake up in our large dorm to our host flip-flopping across the floor and flipping on the bright, overhead, fluorescent lights. Okay, no sleeping late here! Almost immediately, the usual rustle and bustle begins. We are up and packing, heading to the bathrooms to brush teeth, wash faces, etc. Checking to make sure we have all our clothes that we washed last night and that they are, with luck, dry enough to pack. I overhear some American voices, and ask a woman if she knows if there's an ATM nearby in the town. She gives me some rather vague directions, but I think I'll be able to find it when I get across the bridge. Once we've got ourselves all together, we go to the dining area for a coffee. People are coming and going, heading out and down the hill, even though at the moment it is not yet light. We linger a bit over the co...

We have a nice snooze outside the cemetery, but soon we repack and make our way up the hill into Obanos. As we come into the plaza as seen above, there is a small alimentacion just to the left where the tiny corner of the shadow starts. We are just in time to buy a few items for lunch before they close for siesta. I have become hooked on an orange soda called Kas. It's just sweet enough, just fizzy enough, and it's one canned drink I seem to be able to drink from the can without getting hiccups. I have to have that and some lemon yogurt, which is fast becoming my staple as a travel through Spain. We sit on some stone benches outside the doorway of the little store and eat our quick lunch. There are a few kids playing around the plaza on skateboards, but for the most part, once again it feels as if we are in a ghost town. Soon, we finsh, fill up our water bottles, and head out of town, under a large medieval type archway: Then we are on the way to Puente la Reina. The walking is...

The trip along the Camino Santiago described in this blog took place during the month of September, 2007. It's just taking a while to get it all down in the blog, so if you read the blog post dates of December, January, etc., and I'm writing about how hot it was in Spain, no it's not that hot there now, but it was in September! Sorry to be confusing, it's just taking me a while to get this all in here. Thanks for your patience.