Lovely Leon

After a short 12km walk yesterday, Jess and I arrived in beautiful Leon. Once we arrived, we got a petit-peut lost, and ended up taking an extra half an hour tour around the outskirts of the city! A helpful ex-pilgrim pedestrian helped us out, and walked us to the front door of the hostel. From there it was easy! The hostel was big, not awful, but not super nice either, so we were happy to be in a great city for touring around so we didn´t have to spend too much time at the hostel.

And tour we did! We visited the amazing gothic cathedral in the town square, and took a nice walk up and down the main street, window shopping and drooling over all the pretty things that we wanted, but would be impractical for pilgrims. We also ate a bit, had a beer, a coffee and basically relaxed. The city is just beautiful, it´s easy to see why it´s Jess´s fave. Unfortunately, around dinner time, Jess started to feel not-so-good, so we had a quick bite and then were both happy to retreat back to our uncomfortable bunk beds for the night.

Today we got up around 6am and started the long walk out of Leon, to end up in Villar de Mazarife, about 22km away. We got here in good time, around 1:30, and I had a nap as usual. The town is very small, so not much venturing about is required, a relaxing afternoon of reading and sitting is all that we have planned. Oh, and waiting for dinner of course! Tonight we will be having Paella, for the first time since our trip began, and I am very excited! I´ll let you know how it was so you can all be jealous!