Saturday, September 28, 2013

Day twenty one El Camino

11.71 miles.

The sky at Sahgún shortly after 8:00 a.m.:






Who does not want to be buff?





Pruned tree:




Despite two previous claims, Sahagún asserts that IT is the geographical center of El Camino:





We leave by a bridge:





And should a crossword constructor think s/he can stump this solver with the clue, "river that passes through Sahagún, three letters," well, s/he won't:





More of those flowers that look like crocuses but have no above-ground stem:



The nicest church we have seen so far (imho), but since we did not want to pay to go in, we could just peek at its interior:





Back in the eighth century, if you prayed here, you earned forty days indulgence:





A VERY exciting experience. We were having our mid-morning refreshment when Tanya noticed a table with books (Spanish---also a German translation, fyi) on display. Ehhh, not so interesting, but on inspection, interest grew. The first paragraph drew me in (read: I could translate it), and since the story is a mystery that takes place all along El Camino, I thought, "Why not?" It turned out that the beautiful, young woman you see in the photo is the author's daughter and the man, her husband. She was lovely, and wrote a little something in the book, added an official stamp, denoting the place where this took place, and I handed over 12 euros. Now I have something to read other than Como Agua Para Chocolate (for the third time).





El Burgo Renero at noon:





Curious orange "fruits?" that look a bit like apricots but are hollow:



Rain since mid-afternoon! Is our streak of marvelous weather coming to an end?


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Location:Sahagún to Burgo de Ranero

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