Today was almost entirely spent on a long bus ride, the first and longest part being from Santiago to Leon (6+ hours), then an hour layover in Leon, and finally 2 more hours on a milk run bus into Carrion. It was interesting to watch the terrain roll by, much of which was familiar from our 2013 walk on the Camino Frances route, but obviously from a different perspective.
The only disappointment was arriving at 6:00pm in Carrion and finding the Santa Maria albergue full, plus being too late to hear the famous singing nuns. So we got a room at the hostal (small hotel) across the street. The upside was meeting a couple at dinner who are full-time RVers. During the course of conversation, it turned out that they are Mike and Terri Church, the authors of perhaps the best guidebook of camping and campgrounds along the Alaska Highway and our veritable bible for our Alaska journey a few years ago. Small world indeed!
Tomorrow we start our five-day trek across the meseta, filling in the gap in our previous Camino which I've regretted missing ever since.
No photos today -- the inside of a bus is nothing worth preserving in pixels to show the folks back home.
What a wonderful story you have to tell. Hope we can see them when you get rested and want to review the trip with someone. Perhaps, Birtie, now at Windcrest and Hank, still acting like a youth. We would bring a pizza and wine. G&M
ReplyDeleteWhen can do that, but give us some time to sort through our hundreds of photos first.
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