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| Entrance to the Monastery Church of San Zolo. |
I had a glorious beginning to my midpoint day. No rain and it was the first day I began without wearing my sweatshirt. If it gets better - it did: no hills! The walk was lovely. A little overcast, and the cool head-wind was refreshing and not cold. The majority of the path was on the old Roman Aquitaine Road that was covered over.
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| Marker indicating the ancient Roman Road of the Via Aquitaine. |
While I was planning to go further, when I got to Calzadilla de la Cueza I knew I had to stay here. All the town has is an albergue, a hostel, a restaurant/bar (all owned by one family) and a church. The population is like 50. I am in the middle of nowhere and it's perfect.
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| View from the path (Via Aquitana). |
There is a lovely patio in front of the bar and I quickly took up residence there. I tried to enjoy the beautiful day a best as possible. While sitting there and watching the pilgrims come round the corner I got to meet two special Germans: Julia (I think I wrote about here before) who began in St. Jean with me on the same day. She was just leaving as I arrived. We chatted for a bit, said "Hi" and "Buen Camino." After a bit Tomas from Berlin at down next to me. At 27 he is a veteran of the Camino. He completed his first in 2010 with his father. Now he is doing a third of it on his own. We had a lovely discussion over a few beers. Who know. Maybe we will see each other before he goes home from Leon. He moved on to keep walking while I walked to the restaurant for a lovely meal.
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| The growing grains blowing in the breeze. |
The parish church of Saint Martin does not offer Mass during the week so I am on my own.
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| Church of Saint Martin, Calzadilla de la Cueza |
Tomorrow I leave before dawn to travel 22.5 miles to make up for stopping early today (Yikes! Over a 7 hour trek!).
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| View from the albergue window. |
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