Fromista, stop your misting please!

"If you follow your bliss, you put yourself on a track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life you ought to be living is the one you are living"  Joseph Campbell

The quote above is out of the guidebook we are following.  The track we have been following, The Camino de Santiago was laid two thousand years ago.  Millions of piligrims have walked this same road since and millions more will walk it in the future. It takes dedication and perseverance to get up each day and set off walking again and again and again. Today was our 15th day of walking down this path and we have 20 more days to go.

This morning we left Castrojeriz, crossed the Rio Odrilla and then climbed the Alto de Mostelares to the top of the Meseta. It was a steep climb, at the very beginning of the climb we passed the grave of a former pilgrim,  Lee & I just looked at each other and smiled. I have a confession to make: Lee is stronger at climbing hills than I and she reached the top a couple of minutes before I did. She pulled out her hermonica and starting playing a tune on it to help me get he rest of the way up the hill. The pictures of today's hike aren't very clear but that's because the day wasn't clear. It was foggy and it sprinkled pretty much all day today. We were in our full rain gear again; we've heard we have one more day of rain before it clears.

Today's hike was 15.7 miles.  We stopped about 6 miles out and had an early lunch in the village of Itero de la Vega right after entering the Province of Palencia.  Land of Fields with an extensive agricultural area well served with rivers and canals that irrigate its rich soils.  We walked along the Canal de Castilla that flows from Boadilla del Camino all the way to (our final destination) Fromista along a peaceful tree-lined path.

Tonight we are staying at the Hotel San Martin, which it right next to a beautiful 11th century Church of San Martin. The church was consecrated in 1066 and is reputedly one of the finest examples of pure Romanesque in Spain. Below are a few pictures of the church and others taken today. Tomorrow we will be following our bliss all the way to Carrion de Los Condes.  Now it's time to recover from today!