Today was a fairly short day and we only trekked 14.71 miles to the town of Burgos. So far we have trekked about 180 miles since starting the Camino de Santiago.

It was a short day and arrived in Burgos a little after noon. The Camino started uphill almost immediately out of Atapuerca. The surface of the uphill was very rocky and pretty rough. Starting the day with such a climb was one of those times that I questioned using the Wheelie. Fortunately once we hit the summit, the rest of the day was level. 

As usual we went through several small villages, all of which had little cafes and stores. Many hostels and smaller hotels offer a continental style breakfast for a few euros, but it is nice you can always rely having breakfast, snacks, or fruit in the little villages. It’s also a nice place for a quick food stop, but also catchup with the other pilgrims that are usually there. It is funny because it’s like a line of communication, or grapevine, when you see other pilgrims stopped at the cafes or the numeours rest areas specifically built for the Camino. Several times I left messages for Monica with people that were stopped, or I was told where Monica or Jennifer were last seen. 

When we reached the outskirts of Burgos we unfortunately took the less desirable city Camino that followed the main road into town. The other Camino route was a little more distance but followed the river into town. 

Burgos was a little like Pamplona in that it’s a big city and the housing is mostly tall high rise  apartments or condo type buildings. 

We are staying in a hotel near the old downtown area, which like so many other cities in Spain is made up on narrow cobble streets with rows of housing and business buildings lining the streets. It is also where all the locals and tourists come to shop and eat. 

We write fortunate to find a hotel that had rooms. It’s a nice clean hotel and gas a bath tub! Apparently there was a local holiday and celebration in this area and many of the hotels are full. We went to several before we found a room here. I didn’t want to stay in the new municipal hostel down here, because even though it’s new and very clean, it sleeps three hundred people. 

Monica’s blisters are big and about the size of a quarter. She is also developing one on the bottom of her heel, which is s difficult place to cover with mole skin or a blister bandage. Because of her blisters we may stay here two days to give her feet time to heal a bit. Having a bath tub will be great too, and that is one thing I wish we could have every night.

I am writing this blog fairly early as we will go out to walk with the crowds in the plaza and eat, and by the time we get back I won’t have the energy to update my blog. 

As always, please excuse the typos, grammar, and spelling as this is typed on my phone.

Best wishes to all, 

Ted 

The very steep uphill rocky Camino at the start of the day.

On the Camino with Trex 

Me and Trex 

Arriving in Burgos 

The plaza and cathedral in Burgos 

The cathedral in Burgos