It's now Saturday night in Leon. To reflect on the day we had a beautiful morning with bright sunshine, along with rain and hail in the afternoon. We also found out that our luggage is still in Madrid...they think...and since there are no flights to Leon from Madrid on Saturday, and why would there be, and the next and only flight will be on Sunday at 9:35 PM arriving in Leon at 10:30. Great, but we leave hiking for O'Cebrerio at 2:30 PM...darn just going to miss again. So hopefully Monday while we hike to Sarria (12 miles), we might have some clean clothes when we arrive in the late afternoon. But not going to count on that...duh!
So, breaking out the Viza card, we bought Judy some new boots and a sweatshirt, you know this boot thing is getting expensive, as we both brought 2 pairs each, and of course they're packed with the luggage. I fortunately have one pair that I wore from Turin, so saved 150.00 by only having to buy one pair. Had to get a new T-shirt, as my current and only shirt is starting to stand up by itself. Our room currently looks like a Chinese Laundry. At least there are radiators to hang your clothes on to dry. (Hi- Joe Joe)
Oh, we tried the restaurant thing again today, but in Spanish. You think you know a few words until they talk to you at warp speed. Well, it's back to pointing and grunting. The best Spanish phrase is "Dos Cerveza" which is 2 beers, and I know them proficiently now. By the way they are served very cold here, but only 10 oz size, but very tasty (Hello to my G-Dockers-you would be proud).
So we are now having lots of fun. I think that is what the brochure said. Another big buy today was a can of deordant. I may be going on the trail, but I have to be able to stand myself.
We hope tomorrow is brighter, but definitely getting the comic relief I promised to ourselves and hoping you are laughing along with us. We hope tomorrow we have some pictures to post and some good news from the trail. So Buen Camino for now.
Dave and Judy
Hang in there guys, we said extra prayers for you last night at dinner so the luggage would arrive. We love you and yes two more cervesas please!
ReplyDeleteCouldn't wait for you two to get started so I could follow along. More prayers for your luggage to catch up! Looking forward to more great dialogue! You rock!
ReplyDeletevolcano erupts in iceland spreads volcanic ash over nothern europe. your luggage is not where your at. and judy has lost a contact. seems to me like a typical kinder overseas trip.
ReplyDeleteall kidding aside, hope things have been better since your last post.