Bye, bye Burgos hello Hornillos del Camino

Today we left behind the large beautiful city of Burgos and entered Spain's Meseta. Today's walk was 13.0 miles mostly through wheat, barley and oat fields.  We crossed over the Rio Arlanzon, had coffee and tea in the small village of Tarjados before climbing to the top of the Meseta. We saw another shepherd with a huge herd of sheep; this time they stayed grazing on the side of the hill. The Meseta is pretty barrin, and we had some showers again today. Our final destination today was the small village of Hornillos del Camino. It's very peaceful here compared to the city we left earlier today. We are staying in a small hotel and the innkeeper's just made us dinner. First course was a wonderful fish soup with potatoes and fish and a really tasty broth.

We have completed two whole weeks of walking so far, today we started our third week.  This coming week is going to be relatively flat walking across the Spanish plains. This is when we will experience the vast emptiness and endless horizons.  We've heard that these will be trying times, a different type of struggle than we had these past couple of weeks. Lee is prepared for it with her IPod and Strauss music, I plan to just look and listen to the nature that surrounds me.  Spain is beautiful country!  The areas we have walked through have been so fruitful.  We seen fig trees, almonds, walnuts, grapes, apples, pears and all sorts of vegetables.  Bread is a staple here, it is served with every meal along with wine.  Neither Lee or I drink wine so we usually just drink water with our meals. There are cheeses, ham and salami that is out of this world and the pastries are to die for!  We are eating very well here in Spain and each region we cross through has its specialities.

Below are pictures of our dinner tonight as well as a few pictures from our day.  Tomorrow we are headed for Castrojeriz.