Today the serie of massive walking days stop...after arriving yesterday in Leon, I will take the day off to visit this beautifull city with its imposant cathedral
Within a few hours I will meet a good friend (Kris Aumann) who has been working in Spain since 4months and he will join me for the last part to Santiago de Compostella which is about 300kms to do... Well, at this moment he should already be in Santiago where he will leave his car and take the bus to Leon to meet me.. But no champagne yet for him in Santiago He will first have to prove me that he is a worthy pelgrim the next 10-12days of walking
So tomorrow we'll start with a small day of only 60-80km
For the last days i'm struggling with a cold which is quite funny regarding that the average daily temperature is around 25degrees But this is ofcourse due to the cold mornings and we quickly forget that most of the Camino in Spain lies at high altitudes (between 800-1000m) even the landscape is completly flat the last days (highplain)
Much thanks to my good friends (Kevin, Stijn B, Nele, Stijn M, Kristin, Stijn G, Johan, Nico, Anneleen, Herve & Kyra) for the inspiring post I have not been too curious to open the rest of the post which has been given me as a nice present before my departure
Kicking out a massive 50km three days ago, which means a personal day record up till now, and two days of 35km afterwards, helped me to progress a big part forwards toward the holy grounds of Santiago de Compostela so I left the devil a long way behind me
After the days of very few distance walking but with meeting a lot of interesting people and the visting day of the very beautifull Burgos, I felt ready again for an intensive physical workout In Burgos I met again some pelgrims who I met a lot in France but hadn't seen them yet in Spain, so we could share our experiences about the Camino in Spain
The landscape still is of outstanding beauty with the highlight being the Mesa (a tableshaped mountain) where I had an unforgettable view for over more than 100kms over the green highplains of the area between Burgos and the next big city Leon...In the far distance I could even see the snowy mountainpeaks of the mystical Galicia where lots of people are talking about, but which I have not seen yet...According to what I heard about it, it must be something like Ireland...a region of astonishing green beautyness which is unforgettable when it doesn't rain...so let's hope I'll arrive there when it will be that special rare moment of dry&sunny weather
Some technical updates: - I have opened a second photo album due to restrictions in picasa...The first album contains pictures untill the 21th of May...The second album starts from the 21th of May...I'll try to post as much pictures as possible to offer you the most of my experiences - I still have no mobile phone and now my pincard is not even working anymore, so there is no phone contact possible..only email please
Some 15days of walking rest me achieving my goal, but actualy there is no goal hidden in Santiago...the goal is ofcourse to exploid every day of this journey at a maximum
He will first have to prove me that he is a worthy pelgrim the next 10-12days of walking
was in deep shit
