Camino de Santiago \ April 24, 25

LEON
April 24 & 25 (no KM)
Arrived in Leon, by bus, around 4ish in the afternoon. Not far into the part of town we wanted to stay in so we walked it. Leon is one happening town. It is about the same size as Burgos but has the heartbeat of a much bigger city. Pretty sure we will be able to find anything we want here….including an iPod charger (ended up getting shipped to Santiago de Compostela).

Left Nathan at a bar to watch the bags and Cort and I headed off to find accommodation. Turns out that there are several weddings in the area over the weekend and we are out of luck on getting a room. Wandered around looking long enough for Nathan to kick back a couple beers. Finally found a hostel a bit off the main drag but more than suitable for our meager means.

Like I said this is one pumping little town 150,000) . We did find an iPod charges (yippiee) and could have shopped for days. The Cathedral here lived up to the hype it gets in travel guides. We spent most of our time wandering about checking out the beautiful buildings and mingling with the weekend crowds.

Did manage to book our final train ticket. It is over a holiday week and in the end we have to do the long leg of it...from Santiago de Compastela to Madrid (9 hours) in 2nd class then change trains to Malaga down in Southern Spain. As we left the train station in search of chocolate we saw a man who had just been hit by a car. The ambulance finally got there, still wonder if he is ok. Didn’t look good.

On a brighter note, we found our chocolate. In Spain they are into their chocolate.