Day 10 and have arrived safely in Belardo, Spain...

Finally found some internet.
I arrived safely in Belardo, Spain today. The past 2 days have been shorter walking days, yesterday was about 21km and today was 23km. Actualy today was about 25 as we got lost and had to backtrack. "The Way" wasn't marked very well at all and since we left at 630am and it was still dark, we ended up taking a wrong turn. It wasn´t as bad for us as some other of our travellers walked much further. They left 45 minutes before us and ended up at the first "cafe con leche" (coffee with steamed milk) stop about 10 minutes after us. When I say us, it was just the bunch of people that I was walking around today. There were several people leaving from Santo Domingo de la Calzada the same time as I was which is typically what happens. We follow or lead each other most of the day and then see each other most of the time in the destination. There seems to be a rather large group of us that moves to the same town each day.
The walking is becoming easier, partially becuase the landscape is become less hilly but also because I guess I am getting in better shape. I know that my lung capacity is increasing based on the long steep climb we did yesterday and I didn´t even have to stop part way up. It was a great accomplishment to say the least.
These days I am enjoying the walk more for several reasons. One being that I now call ahead and get accomodations in my next stop. Two being that I am becoming more accustomed to the routine and three I guess being that the weather has cooled off considerably. It was downright cool yesterday and today. I had to breakdown and buy a fleece jacked yesterday. I knew I would have to but I was hoping to get a few more days without having to carry the jacket.
We left wine country today and I kind of miss those vineyards. Today there were a lot of fields of sunflowers. Unfortunately, I am a couple of weeks late to get the full impact of them as they are now pretty much dried out. They would have been stunning back in full bloom.
Anyhow, gotta go do laundry...by hand...again! Not as bad as it could be since I found a laundromat yesterday and washed everything I had except what I was wearing. It was a very good thing to smell freshed laundered clothes again and to know they were really clean for a change.
Adios!