Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Day 14 atapuerca to Burgos

18.4k on the camino but additional mucho km around the beautiful old part of Burgos for a total step count of 34398 for the day. In previous days I had opportunities to calibrate steps to km using the km markings along the country roads and the average is 1440 steps/km.

The early morning walk was pleasant through the countryside with windmill farms in the distance, and the spires of burgos cathedral visible in the distance, the crisp and cold and visibilty of 50k my camino guide tells me, the windmills always seemed to be in the sun and me under clouds. There were 2 options to walk into Burgos and we choose the least ugly one, actually I think the more original, that goes by abandoned army barracks through farmland and skirts the airport that appears dissused, there are factories and wharehouses but the walk is along a soft path for 2 hours or more, and then it is suburbs and we realize thay there are no comforting yellow arrows or shells so we head towards the cathedral in bright sun under an azure sky, to arrive at the new alburgue next to the cathedral just as it has opened, so there is a queue, with some familiar faces, eniss from day 1 and a German couple that stayed at the same alburgue on Pamplona. This is a modern well designed alburgue with all facilities and privacy but bad accoustics. There is time to enjoy a really good vino tinto and aceitunas in the sunshine in plaza mayor, tour the incredible cathedral, tapas in the old town and a dinner with wildmushrooms, red peppers and tiny fish and of course full bodied red wine before the 10 pm curfew.

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