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Today I walked about 24km from Boadilla del Camino to Carrión de los Condes.

The young Dutchman stood up at about 4 o’clock. Then I stood up as well. It was a nice walk in the night…. under the moon and the stars.

Then there was a  wonderful sunrise….

While writing the last paragraph, I fall asleep two times and recogniced it as my smartphone dropped out of my hand…. so it was time for my siesta.

And again endless fields…

Tomorrow the day starts with the longest distance without villages and drinking water on the Camino Frances…. about 17km. It is very good to walk this part of the way in the morning and not in the heat.

 

Today I walked from Hontanas to Boadilla del Camino about 28km. For the last 4km I taped my right little toe and my left heel (with a little blister that I did not feel, I only saw it during a break). So about 60km in 2 days is still a little bit too much… but tomorrow it will be less (about 24km).

A young Dutch man with budget constraints started at 23.00 and walked until noon about 60km…. but he said, he will walk shorter distances in the future.

Today I came to the Tierra de campos ( the land of fields). At home I thought this is very different from Bavaria and I wanted to see it by myself…. and now I am here.

Sometimes the fields seem to be endless….

 

 

Yesterday there was a funny party in the albergue…. I hope we were not too loud.

Today I walked about 31km from Burgos to Hontanas. It was better than I have thought.

There are less and less trees and the fields seem to be endless.

You could see Hontanas only if you are very close because it is in a valley.

 

 

Today I walked from Cardeñuela to Burgos about 15km. Again I started under the stars and the moon…

A little bit later this sunflower (girasol) greeted me at the beginning of the industrial zone of Burgos.

I wanted to try a path a little bit more in the north of Burgos…. a path that follows a river. My small path to that river ended in bushes and it was hard to continue my way:

Afterwards I liked the path next to the river very much, it is like in a park.

In the center of Burgos the Camino is well signed on the ground…. half of the street has the form of arrows:

The cathedral of Burgos is huge and impressive…. and you get an audio guide with much information. One image is by far not enough for this cathedral….

I had a telephone call with Beate, my mum and my dad.

Today I walked fron Villafranca to Cardeñuela Riopico about 24km. Now I am about 14km in the east of Burgos.

I started at about 5o’clock with the stars and the full moon… where you could not see much in the forest.

There is a time for getting to know new friends, a time for parties, a time for saying goodbye and a time for sadness. Often it can change quickly on the Camino.

Today I saw Burgos for the first time….

Today I walked from Redecilla del Camino to Villafranca  Montes de Oca about  23,5 km.

If you do not want to carry your backpack, there are transport companies for the backpacks:

In one village there was a big graffiti:

And there are many flowers next to the way.

 

 

Yesterday I ate in the bar with 2 pilgrims from Austria. Afterwards I saw that there was a big cooking session in the albergue…. I ate again a little bit more and we talked until about 23:30…. I stood up again at about 5:30… so I am a little bit tired today. Walking early is good to avoid as much as possible the heat in the afternoon.

Today I walked about 26km from Azofra to Redecilla del Camino.

This is in the church of Grañón:

The last 5km is was hot again. Slowly there is less winegrowing  and more grain:

 

 

 

Yesterday was the 25th of July, when the annual Feast of Saint James (Dia de Santiago) takes places in Santiago de Compostela. Santiago or Saint James, in English, is the Patron Saint of Spain.

Carelessly I thought I could just go to church on this day if I am on the way of Saint James. Shortly before the mass the priest asked „Pilgrims? Where are you from?“…. and then 2 other pilgrims and I should read a intercession in the first language of the pilgrim.

Of course I had almost the suitable clothes for this…

The church is nice.

Today I walked from Navarette to Azofra about 22,5km.

There is a lot of winegrowing here.

 

Yesterday in the evening there was a bull run in Viana:

Today I walked from Viana to Navarrete about 22km – it was one of the easier days.

I walked through Logroño. It has a population of about 150.000… so it is only a little larger than 1/10 of my hometown Munich. But I am not used to a big city anymore (traffic, houses, streets, big shops, many people, ….)….

The Spanish people are helpful. I was not 10 metre in a ‚wrong‘ street for looking as a Spanish man explained me where the Camino is.

The Iglesia de Santiago is a nice church…. and it fits to today (July the 25th), the day of Santiago Apostle, patron saint of Spain.

And there is a St. James way rose as well:

 

 

Today I walked about 30km from Villamayor to Vianna (about 8km northeast of Logroño). In the afternoon it was very hot (about 30 degrees centigrade).

You can see Logroño already….

Why? – Part 2

In this thread ( first posting ) there is a short video about a camino experience:

https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/what-i-learnt-along-the-way-film.49141/