I have to say it is pretty strange to be in a large city (by comparison to where I have been) again. It is so loud and there are so many people!
Todays walk wasn't all that pleasant. I think it is one of the worst days because most of it was spent walking beside a very busy highway. The past while has been walks beside minor roads but today it was beside a very busy road even though it was only 7am. Walking n the rain and mud was better than that traffic.
Leon seems like a nice small city. I haven't been in the Cathedral yet but I decided to stay here because I wanted to see the Cathedral at night. Apparently, the stained glass in this place is amazing. My hotel is spitting distance from the cathedral so I plan to see it after dark.
I have absolutely no idea where I am going tomorrow. Leon was an unplanned (last minute that is) stop so my roughly planned itinerary needs to be re-worked but that's for later.
Last night in Mansilla de las Musala, I had a great dinner in the hotel I was staying in. The restaurant was only open to the guests (in the 4 rooms) that were staying in the hotel. The food was good but I think the ambiance was what made the meal. One of the walls in the dining room was over 300 years old. Plus the tapestries were all hand made by the owners wife and they were beautiful. I had actually asked him where I could get one earlier in the day and that's when he explained that his wife had sewn them by hand...apparently, according to hoim, the winters are very long and she gets bored.
Adios!
Sounds like a great place to stay either place. To bad couldn't have found one of the tapestries to buy but then you would have had to carry it so probably a good thing. You should have said to the wife if she wanted to and was bored this winter she could always make one and send it to you in Canada LOL. Hope the cathedral is as beautiful as it sounds. Still looking for some pictures but you haven't uploaded any yet! Miss you I sent a text I'm not sure if you got or not. Luv ya
ReplyDeleteRight now I would open a vein to hear you describe even one square inch of any tapestry that gave you pleasure (I had an evening that desperately needed an accomplished editor). Nevertheless, I suspect that you owned the tapestries the moment that you appreciated how beautiful they were. You will always have the words to describe them and, what's more, you have the remarkable ability to experience joy and wonder collaboratively. Your Camino will always be yours exclusively, though, somehow, we, who love you, have never felt left behind.
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