Nearly half way

My Camino family has shrunk. Today Eduardo and I left Gitta and Eric in Bodarilla (or something like that) and we continued on to Fromista after 34kms of walking today we were greeted to the last 2 beds in the village. We´re sleeping in the corridor it´s the funniest thing ever...hehehe...There are other people sleeping under the breakfast table, man this is what one calls an adventure. So far we´ve been rejected from 6 refugios due to overcrowding... Once we settled into the refugio we had a look around the village where Eduardo and I were fortunate enough not to pay to enter the church, talk about the Universe looking after us... Thank you God...

At the moment we´re making excellent ground, more that I thought... In 13 days we´ve walked approx 330kms and most of the people we met at the beginning of the walk are well behind us, which is a little sad as the quickier we walk we bump into new groups of people, which has a toally different feel...Although there´s 2 young fit German guys we keep bumping into and I think they´re trying to race us...hehehe...As I say to Eduardo ´slowly but surely wins the race´...hehehehe... Another guy we met along the road at the beginning couldn´t believe how much we walked he had to jump on a bus as he´s boots we´re hurting him.... When I told him we walked all this way he honestly throught I was kidding... That´s when I realised we´re firing ahead...

Tomorrow will be another massive walk roughly 36kms in 28 degree heat, we´re planning on getting up around 5:30am to avoid the heat as there´s not much shade throughout this part (Meseta)... w

Our plan is to get to Leon in 4 days..Eduardo needs to complete the walk in 29 days (total) I´ve decided to hang in Leon until Gitta and Eric arrive which should be a day or 2 after I arrive.

Burgos was a lovely city, the cathedral was absolutely stunning...I can´t believe we had to pay 2.50 euros to go in, but hey, it was worth though...

The weather has been out of control, from the blazing sun to freezing windy and rainy conditions (it honestly felt at times it was about to snow) we´ve walked in them all... It´s crazy but we´re having sooo much fun and soooo many laughs... It´s funny walking an average of 7-10 hours a day the different kinds of games you make up to entertain yourselves...

It´s been sad to have people from our group drop off one by one, at the same time I´m sooo happy I´ve met and exchanged so many memorable moments together. I can´t wait to insert my pics when I get home for you all to see the beauty of this place, it´s sooo different here in Spring compared to summer...

I´ve taken to drinking vino tinto every night (hehehe) and enjoying the different types of wines from the different provinces..

Anyways my friends I best be off as the bar closes shortly and I have to prepare our beds for the night in the corridor of the hostel (the owner is an angel and soooo lovely, another help from God). I´ll write more when I get to Leon .

Take care hope your all well thinking of you and placing little stones along the way with good wishes for you all.

Lots of loves and hugs
Sonia

Longest Day so far.....

Today our Camino family became smaller. Clara (from Spain) had to leave the family and join her friends and Leopoldo and Luciana left us yesterday. Gitta and I are left with 2 Brazilians guys and 1 Italian guy, today has been the best day so far...Although we walked 35kms starting at 7:30am and arriving into Azofra around 7pm.... A blister finally formed under my foot, but that does not compare to the adventures we seem to be having time and time again... The past couple of days have been tough for me mentally, I question myself time and time again why the hell I decided to do this, let me tell you, this walk tests every aspect of the human spirit and body, it´s the weirdest feeling.. I wanted to give up yesterday but I¨m sooo glad I didn´t as today was worth the wait.... We had sooo much fun it really depends on the company and I´m blessed to have made some gorgeous friendships who make me laugh and who support eachother in sooo many beautiful ways...

Tonight we arrived at a refugio (hostel) and found out it was completely full so we´re sleeping in a classroom...hehehe... There´s about 10 of us in the room the rest are a group of guys from Italy it´s the funniest thing to see blackboards and chalk in the room.... Unfortunately you´ll have to wait till I get back to Oz to see my pics (as some of you know everything weighs)..

Anyways I best leave it here as my time is running out, thank you all for your kind wishes it only makes me stronger and continue my journey... I´ve been thinking of you all and sending out good wishes.

Ciao for now
xxx