The Meseta

In the past week we have covered a lot of ground! In fact, we are now half way to Santiago and feeling quite accomplished!

Last Tuesday we were in the city of Burgos and had the opportunity to be tourists for an afternoon. It was great! We drank coffee and ate lunch in the plaza - lots of people-watching, with the very large cathedral in the background. We also toured the cathedral and went to a mass for Pilgrims in one of the very lovely chapels.

After Burgos, we were on the Meseta, or "table land". It´s relatively flat, but not like our prairies. It´s noticably drier here, and the sun gets hot in the afternoon. Lots of grain farming here, and the fields are much bigger and wider. The first crop of hay has been cut; the colours have changed from spring greens to more summer greens and golds. The land is "scrubbier", there is more irrigation and, generally, things look less fertile. We´ve moved from the province of Burgos to the province of Palencia, where there are more houses built with bricks rather than stone.

We´re doing well. We generally get up earlier to walk in the cool of the morning. In the first picture, we turned around to see the town of Casrojeriz in the sunrise. In the other picture we are enjoying a bocadilla for lunch - lunch happens after cafe con leche, whenever we are next hungry.

We are currently in the small town of Ledigos and we are making plans for arriving in the city of Leon, about four days from now. The weather has continued to be amazing - sunny, and enough breeze for an enjoyable walk, provided we don´t continue into siesta time in the afternoon - about 2pm.

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