Santo domingo de la calzada - 15 miles
A guy's gotta feel good about having a winery named after him.
Here's St. James the Apostle, our role model.
Every hard walk ends with a great meal.
Ancient aqueducts still water the fields.
Giant stork nests are a common sight.
Sunflowers smiling back at the pilgrims.
Water fountains in every town, some potable, some not.
I'll take door number 2, please.
Belorado - 20 miles
They stack their hay high around here.
Morning shadows become new BFF.
The day's first town is usually the most popular.
Sometimes in the middle of nowhere you'll meet a singing, dancing saint.
Medieval bridges are too numerous to count.
Atapuerca - 14 miles
Home to Europe's oldest known man.
Our innkeeper bragged how our lodging used to be for feeding cows.
The alarm clocks were free here.
Always start your day with café con leche.
Many knights Templar from these regions went off to fight in Jerusalem as Crusaders.
Burgos - 14 miles
Angel from Montgomery.
Get me to the church on time.
How's a ham sandwich sound?
New friends on the Camino.
Hanging with the Chef after dinner.
Then get up and do it again.
It's all about following the Scallop shells.
The lesson learned is to help one another on the way.
View from the bridge of a local collecting crawdads to sell to the restaurants.
Castrojeriz - 17 miles
Jo asked the hermit what he was doing and he replied, "Nothing".
Some beds are better than others.
Rest areas are where you find them.
Fromista - 14 miles
Another of our room's with view.
Rather have free bottles in front of me than pre-frontal lobotomies.
Closet Knight Templar.
This is a bridge too far.
Greyhounds are used to hunt hares here.
Our St. James was also known for killing Moors.
Roman road stroll.
Straw brick construction.
Me and my shadow.
Underground rooms to let.
`When in doubt follow the arrows.
Calzadilla de la cueza - 15 miles
Autumn crocuses also know as Naked Ladies growing wild out right out of the ground.
The innkeepers love it when she speaks Spanish.
Path of the Pilgrims.
And, it was.
When they harvest the acres of sunflowers it hails black seeds.
Sahagun - 12 miles
Could be the same crawdads caught under the bridge earlier.
Mama Mia, that's a spicy meataballas.
Roadside graves of pilgrims are more common than expected.
El burgo ranero - 12 miles
Serenades to sooth the soles.
You don't see crocheted trees every day.
Sometimes a cold beer is better than another tinto vino.
Mansilla de las mulas - 12 miles
On the road again.
Unbelievable meal at the antique shop.
The wine flask was just as important to pilgrims as the scallop shell.
If you doubt it, just ask St. James.
