Fromista to Carrion de los Condes

Monastery albergue that we stayed in..Carrion de los Condes.
Written on June 6, 2009.....12.5 miles.
Last night while Vern was watching the Perfect Storm in Spanish on t.v., there was a real storm going on the Fromista. This morning we left in perfect walking weather. We walked for about seven miles before coming to a small village. Vern spotted a sign for a bar...it was through a yard and out of sight. He must have smelled the coffee! It was a cool place with a Bob Marley poster.
Today was relatively flat. It was one of the first days that I walked all day without taking off my coat.
When we arrived in Carrion de los Condes a gentleman asked if we spoke English...we said yes...he told us that he had an albergue with microwave, handwash facilities, etc.
We ended up with a private room for fourteen euros....great deal! The best part of it was that St. Francis of Assisi allegedly stayed in its 13th century buildings.
As we were walking through town after checking into the albergue we saw a horsedrawn cart in front of a church. By the looks of the decoration the cart was there to pick up a bride and groom. As we were in a store picking up some snacks for tomorrow we heard one explosion after another...later to find out that those were the fireworks going off as the bride and groom came out of the church.
Tonight we had dinner in an actual restaurant, not bar. It was one of the best meals yet. For the first course I chose macaronis....for the second course I chose lasagna....wow, carboloading at its best.
We had dinner with Luke and Nick, two men we have seen for the last several days. We had a fun time.
Now it's time to rest our bodies and minds.