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Last year in June, I was due to stay there… in the house/villa on the right, opposite the closed restaurant, with the two guys. But they were out for the day and I arrived much earlier so I stayed at Sandra’s.
Safely in Bilbao - a fav jetting off point. At my favourite restaurant. Euros 17 inc bread and wine and gaseosa.
Currently on the best cheesecake of my life. Not too sweet (as in Japan - they rarely overdo the sugar fix). Lovely staff - on Calle Hernani at the top. AGAPE - ideal for an off-duty...
Thank you to whomever has granted me the elevated status of ‘Veteran Member’.
Was it in recognition of surviving the gorge cliff descent?!?
I am most appreciative!
Fab early morning sortie to find a bright yellow post box….not so easy. Then, passed the Correos and it was already open!
A quick scoot up to the mirador and a cafe con leche (sin azucar) at the bar opposite the pilgrim Albergue (decanting weary souls with a range of staffs and ragged tops!)...
… on the food front … I actually ordered a salad (unusually pre-dressed, and a little overload on the vinegar front) a lubina a la brasa and a child’s portion of entrecot… for review reasons, of course! The meat arrived soon after the salad, so I cancelled the fish.
Rule 1 - never stray from a...
… and at the end of a Camino, I generally purchase a new Panama hat. There is a multi-generation shop in Santiago (calle Vilar possibly..).
Equivalent tienda found in Burgos!
… and when I was crossing the Duero at San Esteban de Gormaz, I was reminded of the bridge at Mérida AND Puente de...
Santo Domingo casket front so admired by @cclearly
Tree of Dominican order
I thought it important to mention laundering having been past so many spring and riverside washing troughs. (Common in France and Spain but not in UK)
Menu and bill for Los Trillos - special for carnivores…
Can I ever finish..,
Well - reality check is the UK rail strike on my return date… so indeed, Carpe Diem!
Wise words from @peregrina2000 are never wasted on me, but safely stored.
So indeed, day planned around food and food for thought! ie Los Trillos restaurant in the University area (what...
BURGOS
I love the self-service Cathedral stamp in the shoppe on the way out! A bit of ablet down after all the effort. Oh well, another cerveza (tubo) in my favoured place on the square ( much changed since the pandemic and specialised is SMOOTHIES - really, why not just eat the fruit in Spain?!?
I have finished. I have not fallen once, for a change.
This is my favourite Camino to date - no doubt about it.
When I get home, time for thank you cards to those recalled who went the extra kilometre to assist and support. There were many… a postcard of the Late Queen, or King Charles or...
OK Covarrubias… fantastic. Roasting and humid and heaven.
A tower the like of which I have never seen.
Tarted up, granted but in the best possible taste. A medieval village which feels authentic and has THE most beautiful street litter bins ever.
Fab houses en route. A great forest hike.
I...
Late lunch… telly, newspaper and a rare ‘fruit machine’ plus some character locals. What more could I wish for…
In Retuerta, I circled the church, heard voices… parted the string curtain and asked if I could buy a cold beer. No beer, sorry as no bar (it closed three years ago). I insisted…...
Just extraordinary. I will try and stay here next time…
BTW today Tuesday, 08.10 bus from opposite main entrance to Monastery to Burgos, via Lerma I believe.
Just had an email response from bus operator to state that there is no bus service tomorrow from Covarrubias.. so much for Rome2Rio…
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Boy… I have slept so well. The Mass must have helped.
Euros 51.45 inc breakfast for a room facing the Monastery wall. No traffic… but a sudden puff of smoke from the kitchen extractor announced, maybe tostadas.. rather than the next Pope.
My hands are healing; only a few thorns and splinters...
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