Day 13 started before daylight. I had talked to Al, a guy from Oregon the night before and talked about walking together. I had met Al on the Camino Forum and in Saint Jean Pied de Port. I went to where Al had been staying in Burgos and somehow we missed each other. So, I set out alone on the Camino. Made pretty good time, even though I got lost on the outskirts of Burgos in the dark of early dawn. I finally found my way and continued on.
I then walked through Tarjados, a small village of about 700 people.
This is where I stopped and got a café sin leche, with tortilla potato, an orange and Snow White's poison apple. More on this tomorrow.
A short walk and I entered Rabe de las Calzados, population about 190 people.
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| Ermita de Nuestra Senora de Monasterio |
From here, I entered the Meseta (Mesa). Very dry and windy plateau over much of central Spain.
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| Overlooking Hornillos del Camino |
The landscape and climate has changed slightly since my start. It is now a bit more breezy, hotter and drier. There are long dry stretches between villages. Stopped in a town called Hornillos del Camino population of about 100 people. Drank a coke and rested the feet a bit.
Pressed on across the Meseta, windy and hot. More wind powered generators on the hillsides.
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| Entrance to Hontanas |
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| Hontanas with 14th century Church of the Conception in center |
Hontanas population 80, lies in between two hills. You are upon the entrance before you know it. Got a bed in an old schoolhouse converted to an albergue. By this time, Al and I had connected back up. he was staying in another albergue off the street a bit and I was on mainstreet. As you can tell, there was not a lot to do in this small town. Pay phone did not work, and the one computer with internet was down. We met a couple of kids walking together and had a guitar. We all passed it around and sang in the street. It was the only show in town that night. It was a lot of fun. We would meet up with these guys again later down the road.
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