Prada on the Camino

Quote for the day:  If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each person’s life — sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.   Longfellow. (From the Brierley Camino Guide)

Short day today. Since when is 10.5 miles a short day?!!!

We are in a hostel tonight in Calzadilla de la Cueza, a very, very, very small town....very nice and we have a private room and bath.  We had a full lunch and will try to avoid eating a large dinner!  (Best intentions!). Awesome folks run this place.

Some observations:
  • Each of us has one good knee.
  • My blister healed, but formed a weird callous. When I actually care what I look like again, it won’t matter because it is between my toes. 
  • We passed half way today.
  • I didn’t see any field mice today, dead or alive. Steve did.  Lots of snails.  Yuk.  One snake, dead!  Fewer flies because it was sort of chilly.  We got to our destination before it rained.  
  • We walked at a pace of slightly more than three miles an hour including breaks. (Steve loved that!)
  • Steve is my hero.  He cleans my glasses every day, puts up with my pace (slower than his), and my stops (more frequent than his).  And he makes me laugh.
  • Lots of the same scenery today. 
Just a few pictures with labels from last night and today.

This man is French. 
The contraption below was named by the wife of the builder, who is an engineer from Ohio.  Jasper.....
New ways to carry your packs.

From last night: The monastery, Steve and another Pilgrim, and the door to our hotel room.




A very funny lady from Bath, England. Great conversationalist!  She said Steve’s meal looked like a four year olds.  (I had the same thing, but added a salad!). Not sure she loves the Camino.  Just retired as a massage therapist.
We also had dinner with these good folks from Australia in addition to our friend from Bath.  Win and Roberta (we’ve met them several times before) and our new friends, Cheryl and Haley 


More pictures from today... 
 A coffee stop today.  We did not stop.  But that’s an example of what they look like when you don’t go through a town.
Discarded shoes along the road.  I wouldn’t suggest hiking in them anyway.
Steve waiting for me to be finished with my rest stop.  
Finally, how much more would you pay for  the Prada’s versus the Teva’s?  (My foot in the Teva’s on top, the model’s foot in the Pradas!) A friend from London suggested (teasingly) that  she would only  hike the Camino in Prada’s.  Then she showed us there really are Prada’s for the Camino.  Who knew!!  

Met Glenn McCoy today.  Longest Executive Director of a major ballet company in the US.  Graduate of App State. From San Francisco.  Just retired.  Delightful man originally from New Bern/Kinston.  

Off to Sahagun tomorrow.  






Comments

Mary Smith said…
Loving your blogs. Your feet are much prettier than
the Prada model!
September 21, 2019 at 12:25 PM
Gail said…
Really love reading about all that you appreciate!! And so glad you didn’t see a snake (dead or alive)!
September 22, 2019 at 11:28 AM
Bill said…
At the roadside stop, did you try one of his world famous grilled sausages? Delicious!(seriously!)
September 22, 2019 at 7:03 PM
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