Day 40 - Carrion de Los Condes to Terradillos de Los Templarios - August 24 On the Camino 20 days

Day 40 -  Carrion de Los Condes to Terradillos de Los Templarios - August 24

On the Camino 20 days

Well compared to yesterday, it has been a pretty uneventful day. I woke up about 5 am when people started moving around. Got up about 6am and started getting packed up. Apparently there was a festa last night. The music must have started around 11 pm or so after we were in bed asleep, because I didn't hear a thing. But when I woke up this morning I could hear the DJ and the music. So we had another morning of walking through trash and drunken young people. I think the music stopped about 7am. I left the albergue about 7:30am. I ran into a young man I had met at breakfast in Boadilla. His name is Alex. He is from Germany, a university student, and speaks very good English. He started walking with me. His friend who is doing the Camino with him got really sick last night and couldn't walk today. he's not sick from partying. We have to be in the albergues at 10pm, before the party even starts. So Alex is going to walk alone for a couple of days and his friend will take a bus and catch up when he is better. 

Alex and I walked together more than half the walk today. We chatted about America, Germany, philosophy and all sorts of stuff. Today was a tough walk because there were no towns or cafes for about ten miles and the road was flat and straight. Alex did the Camino two years ago and I did it last year and neither of us remember this long flat road. We stooped and had a little picnic. He had a melon that he cut up and ate. And he had bread. I had some almond butter. 

After a while with no towns, we started joking about maybe they hid the town behind the big stack of hay and such stuff. We finally reached a town. He decided to go on and I decided to have a café con leche. Then I put on my music and headed out. The weather was lovely, warm but with a cool breeze. I walked further than I planned because I was feeling pretty chipper.

I ended up in Terradillos de Los Templarios in an albergue. I decided to eat before showering and washing clothes because the served the menu del dia from 1 to 3 or 8:30 to 10. I felt like having a meal today, not just a sandwich, but I didn't want to wait until 8:30. So I say down and ate. I had spaghetti for my first course and pork and French fries for my second course. Obviously I didn't eat it all or I would have popped. But I did have helado (ice cream) for my postre (dessert course.) 

Them I took a shower and did laundry. While I was doing laundry I noticed it was getting windy. And it got very windy and cold. I lost my data on my phone, I think due to the wind. It was working before it got windy. The place I'm staying doesn't have wifi. So I read took a nap. Got my dry clothes in and got my pack organized for tomorrow. I hope the wind stops. I don't think I have enough warm stuff to walk in a cold wind. We'll see. Right now it is bed time.