We got up at about 7:00 AM, had breakfast, and were out on the Way by 8:00 AM.
This is a map of our route from Terradillos de los Templarios to Sahagun This will be a short 12 kilometer day.
Our first stop for second breakfast was Moratinos. At Moratinos we saw these bodegas.
This plaque explains what a bodega is and how it is used.
This is a vineyard. We haven’t seen many vineyards in the Meseta. Notice all the scarecrows. There must have been a hundred of them in this vineyard.
Apparently you can do the Camino by car 🚗! Why didn’t I think of that?
This is the view coming down into Sahagun.
This is an old church on the outskirts of Sahagun.
This is one of a pair of columns that stand on either side of the Way on the outskirts of Sahagun. I think the guy with the sword is warning people that they had better behave while in Sahagun or they will have to answer to him. I plan on behaving.
These are my two new BFFs. They are standing outside the Church of Saint Lorenz in Sahagun.
This is a gate in the old wall at the west end of the Way as it leaves Sahagun.
This is where we are staying tonight, the alburgue at the Monasterio de Santa Cruz.
I got a single room for $20. What a deal.
This is me in my rain pants and rain jacket and nothing else. Why am I wearing my rain pants and my rain jacket and nothing else on a bright sunny day, you ask?
It’s laundry day!!
I threw every stitch of clothing I have in the alburgue washing machine and I have been spending the afternoon in my rain pants and jacket while my clothes dry.
We had a group session from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM at the monastery where everybody talked about why they were walking the Camino and the experiences they have had along the Way. This is the group.
From left to right, a guy from Hungary, the Marist priest from Italy who is in charge of the monastery, a guy from Brazil, Andrea from Sweden, a Marist brother from England and Marco is standing.
At 6:30 we walked over to the church where the Marist priest officiated at a Pilgrim mass. After mass the priest had all the Pilgrims in attendance come up to the altar for an individual laying of hands on the head and a holy oil cross on the forehead blessing. This is old hat to St. Christopher but Abe was so moved by the sincerity of the blessing from this Marist priest that he wept. Abe is having the time of his life on our Camino. I almost forgive him for giving away my M&Ms.
I hope everyone had a restful Sunday.
Good evening from Sahagun, Spain.
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