NO BREAKFAST MAKES FOR A TOUGH DAY

10 September 2023, camino 3, Day 11

Cabala de Juarros to Burgos

I love Burgos. When I was here two years ago I found an excellent restaurant. It was so good that I had lunch there on my first day and since I had a rest day I went back for dinner. A beef stew and a paella. Delicious. I also had an interesting experience that I blogged about. I’ll try to find the link but it is difficult doing all this on my phone. Click here to read that story. Hope this works.

We woke up extra early and decided to head out. The hotel owner was cranky yesterday so we didn’t really care to see her. As we walked we found it odd that no cafes were open. Then it hit us…it’s Sunday! Nothing we could do about that so we continued on all the way into Burgos on empty stomachs.

There is a military base outside Burgos. We heard revelry broadcast as the sun rose followed by the Spanish national anthem. Nice to hear along the route.

We were hungry but look at our reward…

And now after a shower and a clean change of clothes we are chilling at the laundromat.

Clean clothes are so wonderful 😁

We are only 10 days into this journey and already I think about the end and how or who I will be. Actually I’ve heard it said that the camino is about walk, wash, eat, sleep. That’s it. That all one does in the camino. It reminds me of a Harry Chapin song, The Circle Song.

All my life’s a circle, sunrise and sundown. The moon rolls through the nighttime, til the daybreak comes around. All my life’s a circle but I can’t tell you why. The seasons spinning round again, the years keep rolling by.

And like the laundry spinning around 😊

Buen Camino

I got today’s stamp at the restaurant where we ate. The owner told me it wasn’t an “official” camino stamp. I doubt the pilgrim’s office in Santiago will look that closely.