Bercianos del Real Camino to Mansilla de las Mulas

Virgen Del Camino on the way to Mansilla de las Mulas

Written on June 9, 2009....16.3 miles.

As we left the monastery this morning a pilgrim couple looked confused. As we came along with our headlamps on, (unconsciously blinding them), we told them to follow us. We had checked out the way back to the Camino before going to bed. Although the village was very small all streets seemed to lead to a store or the bar. They followed us and then walked with us for awhile. Then off they went.

Alot of miles in between villages today.

When we arrived in Mansilla de las Mulas today we started to look for La Delicias, a hostal that was mentioned in our book. We saw the name of the hostal but it did not seem to be open. We went to the next building and tried that hostal. They had a room.

After Vern had taken his shower he was looking out our window onto the street. He happened to see Nicky on the street below. He yelled to Nicky. Nicky could see that Vern was wrapping himself with the curtain because he had just come out of the shower. In his very wonderful Irish accent Nicky said, ¨Come out onto the balcony Vern¨.

Nicky, Colby, and Shannon were all staying at the albergue next door. Vern had asked Nicky to let Colby and Shannon know that he wanted to take a picture of them.

Our room was not easy to find and they weren´t able to locate us.

We know that we will see them further down the Camino.

Before we had gone to dinner we found a panderia, (bakery with coffee) and saw Julia and Gregorio who we had been seeing the last few days. They are a friendly couple from Madrid who we converse with in our little bit of Spanish and their little bit of English.