500 down, 300 to go!

Haven´t really been around the internet for a few days, so let´s see if I can remember the last few days for you...

After Sahagun (last post), I made my way to El Burgo Ranero, where I met my Australians Anna and Helen, as well as Tash! This Albergue was kinda crazy with what seemed as Nazi American women as our hospitaleros, but it was by donation, and they had a kitchen so we made a feast for dinner. The next day I walked about 25km to some town I don´t remember, but they did have a lovely Albergue with a wonderful courtyard and AWESOME showers. PLUS not many pilgrims! Anna, Helen and I went in search of something to eat, but there was nothing open except a panederia where we found tuna empeñadas (sp?). I had rice in my bag, so we cooked rice with some veggie stock, and had our empañadas with it. Yesterday was a short 12-14km into León which was BEAUTIFUL! I was surprised how much I enjoyed it, but I guess when you aren´t completely bagged from the walk, and arrive at 11am, it works to your advantage. The Cathedral was beautiful! Today I walked about 21km to Mazarife and am staying in this really cozy Albergue built like a typical spanish house with a courtyard in the middle, and a lot of open air spaces. Tash, Anna, Helen and I have our own room which is fabulous...we get to draw on the wall...which is what I plan on doing after I write this, and we also made another enormous feast for lunch accompanied by wine, which is why it is taking me so damn long to write this post! I think I may lay in the hammock later or swim in the pool!

I can´t believe i´m almost 2/3 of the way finished! I´ve walked over 500km and have a little less than 300km to go! Crazy! I still have to conquer 2 more gigantic mountains before Santiago, but I´m sure I´ll do just fine!