Hola 

 It is beautiful here and the  aged land and stone structures 

from churches to monuments to crosses   to fences to cairns ti 

well fonts are  exquisite. Some of these villages have such a 

southwest feel to them with the colors and the adobe and stucco

 structures. The land is also very desolate at least the part I 

am walking now. I chose to walk the old Roman road which is 

largely intact despite the intervening 20 centuries. I am going 

to quote directly from my guide book. "This part of the path is 

called the calzada  romana and is  a 19.4 km of uninterrupted 

track.  It is part of the east/west highway built to link the 

gold mines of Gallaecia to Rome via  Astirga Asturica Augusta 

and used by Ceasar Augustus in his campaigns against the 

Cantabrians.  It was also used by the armies of Islam and 

Christianity including Charlemagne in their battles fir supremacy 

over the Iberian peninsular.   After the re-conquest it became 

known as the Pilgrim Road Calzada de Los peregrines and countless 

millions of pilgrims have walked this self-same path known as 

the Camino de Santiago". I left Sahagun this morning around 

7:45 and got to Calzada de Los Hermanillos around 12 ish. So 

it was a very short day today only 8.6 miles. Tomorrow will 

be much longer more like 15 mile if I'm up to it or I can  stop 

at 10.5. I will see how my feet are doing.  My left foot is a 

bit  blistery on the bottom near the toes  and I have a bit of 

inflammation in  my tendon on the outside of the foot. I am 

taking good care of them and taking my time so I think all will 

be well. I've been asking alot of my little feets. I am staying 

in an amazing alburge that is also a restaurant.  There is not 

much in this little town although I did find the supermacsdo and 

got  Supplies for tomorrow's  walk as there is a long stretch 

without a town.  At this point I am in a room with 4 single 

beds read no bunk beds and we share a bathroom and shower. 

There are sheets and Pillow cases and a towel and the shower 

head was attached the the shower mount with hot water.   Ah 

the simple pleasures of life.  I feel like a woman of leisure 

today after walking such a short way. It is only 3:10 here and 

by the time you get to your stopping place shower and do 

laundry it is a bit later til one can get to correspondence. 

Today  was a beautiful walk and after my walking buddy Carl 

from Belgium decided to pick up his pace and left me literally 

in the dust I did not see another person for about 3 hours.  

Very unusual for the Camino. When I got into town I walked 

through checking out my options went to the grocery found this 

Albergue had a cafe con leche talked politics with a German guy 

showered did laundry and am now sitting in the sun looking  

across the Meseta to a distant mountain range that is part 

of the Prynees.
This journey has certainly been and continues to be an 

incredible growth experience for me and I am sure I will 

be integrating this for a long time.  J will probably be 

in Leon the next big city by Wednesday or Thursday depending 

on my pace.  Love to all my Camino supporters you are all with 

me here.  Thank you for you love support and good juju.  

Camille on and in the Camino.  As always. Carpe Diem