The journey to Leon yesterday went smoothly. Except we had to spend a few hours in Oviedo (our Camino end point) as this was where we caught a train to Leon. I tried to keep my eyes half shut and only look straight ahead for fear of ruining my arrival there next week. Dinner in Leon was cheese and beer.
We started late by pilgrim standards, getting going by 9am. The route started in the square in front of the luxurious Parador hotel (where Michael Sheen and co stayed in the film "The Way"). An American Pilgrim very helpfully told us there was a deal on at the moment and we could have stayed there for €40 (doh!).
Because this is such a quiet Camino I am very worried about getting lost but so far the route has been well marked. We took a while to get out of the city but then we found ourselves crossing undulating terrain in the sunshine as a kaleidoscope of butterflies flitted around us (there's a pub quiz answer to 'what is the collective noun for butterflies?').
Places to stop for coffee/Cervezas/bocadillos were thin on the ground, we had a 20km stretch with no bars cafes. Luckily I had my bag of nuts and we passed an orchard were some kindly old villagers let us take as many apples as we liked (I'll have six of those, gracias)
There is four of us staying at this Albergue (pilgrim hostel). An English retired Nurse (yay Nurse chat! ) who lives in Spain so very usefully translated our arrival instructions (no supermarkets for miles and miles now!). Then there is a Spanish man who I've said hello to but that is STILL pretty much as far as my Spanish goes.
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