Mansilla de las Mulas to Leon

Main Square in Leon

Written on June 10, 2009.....11.6 miles.

We slept in until 6:15 a.m......got ready and took off. Soon after we started walking our friend Nicky passed us and told us that he is moving so quickly that he will have to stay somewhere for a day. We will see him in a couple of days.

We had good cool walking weather, a couple of minutes of rain but not enough to put our ponchos on. We met a pilgrim today who has walked from Austria and one pilgrim walking east. I couldn´t believe it...he said he had walked to Santiago and was now going back to Burgos.

We have seen many stork nests today. We walked on a hill by a chapel and could see babies in the nest. There were alot less pilgrims in the Meseta and during the rain two days ago. More and more pilgrims now in Leon.

We had called ahead to get a room near the Correos, (Post Office). Another successful pick up of health supplements that I had mailed to myself on May 12th from Gasquet.

We are doing well, but even I can´t deny that taking a two hour nap after we find our bed each day is vital. We settled in today in Leon and walked around to see the beautiful Cathedrals and went inside a church.

Our room is across from a twenty foot Roman wall.

Before we went to dinner we walked through old town to find the Camino. We ran into our friends Lisa and Christine. They were having a snack at a bar at a sidewalk table. We have fun talking with them....always laughing.