Carrion de los Condes - Terradillos de los Templarios (pop 100) 26.8 km October 13

Late yesterday afternoon, after siesta time we do a walk about of the town looking for breakfast and lunch supplies for tomorrow.  Tomorrow first thing we have a 17.5 km walk with no opportunity for food or water, so a few supplies are kind of important.  Well we totally forgot that this weekend is a very important fiesta in Spain....it is this very weekend that Christopher Columbus discovered the new world, and we sure can't forget about that, What that means to us is that nothing is open after siesta until sometime tomorrow afternoon!  We do find one tiny little shop that is open with a long line up of pilgrims trying to buy some nourishment.

At the plaza we see Ann from Perth and catch up with her, we haven't seen her for a few days.

For supper we ended up at a restaurant with folks from Argentina ( our interpreter ) Germany , Vancouver, Winnipeg, Toronto , Montreal, and the Acadians - whose names are Gil & Betty, and Lonnie & Faith.  Lonnie and Faith's son is a welder and commutes from Halifax to Ft McMurray- 2 weeks in, one week out.  We hear the woman from Montreal tell us that she has lost nearly 50% of her body weight (135lbs) and is delighted to be on the camino.  There are so many stories....

When we get back to the convent Sid and I sneak in a bottle of wine and share it in the computer room and toast the golden bride and groom.  At 10.00 the lights go out and we are tucked safely into our matrimonial room.  It wasn't the worst sleep I've ever had...Sid didn't fare too well.  The good thing is that it is a much quieter Saturday night than the pervious Saturday's in Spain , At 6am everyone is awake, we do find a coffe and are on the trail by 7:30.  It's too early and I really don't think it's safe...and it is darn cold today.

I didn't take too many pictures today because the scenery could be anywhere in Alberta

We walk on a stretch of the Roman road still intact after 2000 years of use.  This section  goes through an area of bogland devoid of any stone for its construction. It is estimated that 100,000 tons of rock was needed just for the substrata to raises the surface above the winter flood levels and every ton had to be transported from somewhere

Sid chatting up someone from Alabahama

Did I mention it was cold

And foggy

Some graffiti at one of the rest stops

After 17.5 km we stop for coffee and this guy is so proud to show me the  Canada pin someone has just given him.  It seems the pilgrims are the life blood of many of these small villages.

Many times we have seen this type of court but are unsure what or how many activites it would be used for

We reach our destination of Los Templarios-36 Euros

Where we have a private room (I have to park my pilgrim halo for at least one night). The place is new but has no ambience what so ever.  They offer to do laundry for 4 Euros which sounds very nice, and I thought that was washing and drying...nope

Washing only - our clothes dry on the line!

For happy hour we wander to the albergue down the way and discuss the day

Tomorrow is Canadian thanksgiving ....and we are thankful!