Wednesday, January 28, 2009

saturday...the ?17th

i dont remember much about this walk except that we got to estrella and got the neighbors mad and calling the cops because grainne was barking. but she just wanted to be inside. she is such a pain cuz she has NO patience for not getting what she wants. even now, every time i tie her outside to go in a shop she barks CONSTANTLY. shes like a bad, evil teenage girl. anyway, we were so glad to be allowed to be inside this night , and there were just 2 other spanish guys staying there. after i got in trouble for her barking with the guy in charge he asked if she came in would she be silencio. i said yeah yeah of course. thats all she wanted. i dragged her into bed and kept an arm on her all night so she wouldnt cause anyh more trouble. she was snoring though.... :p lol the next morning we wanted to go to mass but i didtn think they would let me in with a dog so we didnt get to go. we PLANNED to camp this next night in lorca becasue the albergues there were closed and after lorca there was a stretch of 12 k or something with no villages. i knew we couldnt do the 20 k so we just planned to do the 7. when we got to lorca i asked the priest as mass was coming out could we put our tent there. he said yeah, but its gonna be cold. again, wish i had pics. we chilled for the afternoon, the sun was kind of warm, and i let my clothes dry. the priest had told me there was a bar if i wanted something to eat... and i meant to go up there and get water before it closed at 3 but when i went up at 245 it looked closing up so i didnt bother. i should have. the next morning as i was brushing my teeth at the public fountain this guy came out of the bar saying to me "peregrino?" i.e. pilgrim in spanish. i said yeah, no hablo espanol. and he started speaking english. he said we could have stayed there the night befofe. ok i was hoping to finish this but this little kid whos parents own the bar im in just asked me in spanish to use the comptuer soi i gotta go. who can resist a 3 year old little kid?

5 comments:

  1. Go Kristen Go! So glad to read excerpts of your adventure, it's really inspiring!Glad you packed the vitamineral greens,sounds like your doing a lot of walking. Wow!!!!

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  2. Ultreya!!! I'm sorry you're having so much trouble finding places to stay!!! I think the train from Burgos to Leon is a good idea too... I think that there is a chocolate museum in the town after Leon (or a few days walk, anyway).

    Buon Camino!

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  3. Keep us posted. Chocolate sounds like a great idea for you - maybe not G.
    Naana

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  4. Really from Helen - -
    Hi kristen how r u? I hope it's not as cold there as here.
    I miss u
    <3(heart)

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  5. hi helen--yeah, it IS really cold here. below zero. at least we havent had to sleep in the tent in quite a while. but some of the buildings we sleep in are colder than my tent !

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