Ok, this is all of today's post. Just skip the part you've already read. I'll try to get today's pictures up with it.
Day 43 - El Burgo Ranero to Mansilla de las Mulas August 27 On the Camino 23 days
Well once again I woke up at 5am, not because people were up being noisy, I just woke up. Damn! I tried to go Val to sleep, but by 5:30 am I realized it was a hopeless cause. So I did my bed stretches and got up. By 6:30 I had eaten and was ready to go. So once again I used my head lamp. It was a nice sun rise though.
When I was getting my stuff out of the refrigerator, I think I stole some guys juice. I bought one yesterday at the store and I thought I put it in the refrigerator with the rest of my stuff. There was one upstairs on the window ledge, but I thought that belonged to somebody in the bunk across from me, but they weren't there to ask. Besides I had put my cold stuff in the refrigerator.
So I'm sitting at the table eating my fig and nectarine, and starting to drink my juice when this guy comes up and motions to ask if the juice is mine. I think he's French. He doesn't speak English or Spanish. I tried both. But I tell him I think it is mine, but he can have it. He gestured no and walks away. Oh well. I walk on freeways and steal fruit juice. I'm a scofflaw, no doubt about it.
I'm more than half way through with the walking. So once more I'm off before dawn with my head lamp. It is downright chilly, so I put on my fleece over my long sleeve lululemon. The first stretch is about 8 miles without a bar or water fountain., which in the abstract doesn't sound like much, but with a pack on your back it seems like a long way. So I take lots of water and snacks. There are plenty of picnic areas and places to sit and rest and munch.
But the major problem was that's iPod ran out of battery, so I had to walk it without entertainment. What I've realized is music is like energy. When fast, upbeat or rock and roll is on I pick up the pace. When slow music is on I drag. When no music is on, I almost come to a stand still. lol
I finally finish the first stage and get to Reliegos, charge my iPod, get café con leche and tostada con mantequilla and mermelada. So I have music, sugar and caffeine, I rocket into Mansilla de las Mulas!
On the way to the albergue both Allison and I noticed a great little Farmer's Market in the plaza. So we checked into the albergue and go to the market. We decide to fry up some eggplant, zucchini, onion and tomato with some spices and get a melon for desert. I think all of the ingredients were less than five euros.
We came back, I showered, washed some clothes and them read all your wonderful comments and emails. Then I went out for a café. I knew I was in a bar for locals because there were at least three dominoes games going on with the sound of tiles being slapped on the table. They don't laugh and joke like we do when playing dominoes. In fact they don't even talk. They only noise is the sound of the tiles slapping the table. Now I'm resting. In a little bit I'm going to walk about town before dinner.
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