Boadilla del Camino, Spain

We started out late today. Norm was sleeping well, and I didn’t want to wake him. Then I had a text message from Alaina asking me to call, so I did on Skype. We didn’t get to breakfast until 9. The breakfast was the best so far, with ham, cheese, bananas, and Spanish tortilla. The coffee was not so hot because we were late. We hiked under clear blue skies today, and not much mud. The big climb came early with gorgeous views. We had a second coffee, this time hot, a few hours down the road. We hiked through lunchtime surrounded by green fields and scattered wild flowers. We ate our bread and cheese and apples for lunch just before Boadilla. Then we decided it was late enough, and a good time to stop. Norm has sore blistered feet, and my shoulders hurt from the rucksack. We are staying at a hotel next door to an Alberque. We ate dinner and will have breakfast at the Alberque because the kitchen is closed here. The Alberque was a lively mix of pilgrims from many nations and of all ages. Tomorrow we will get up earlier and try to make up a few lost kilometers.