Day seven: Calzadilla to Los Santos de Maimona

Miles: 16

Another great day, even with having to wade across two streams. Wet shoes are preferable to walking 5 extra miles to get where I’m going. I’ve got the hostel to myself. Everyone else in my bubble stayed in Zafra.

Tomorrow will be super easy with only about three hours of walking, and I’m expecting to find a café too. It’s pretty uncommon this early on the trail to find morning coffee.

One week done, five more to come.

Pretty swampy at times
It’ll be like this for at least another week
Zafra
It’s a pretty nice town, lots of tourist stuff
It’s completely non staffed. You check yourself in and out, and clean up after yourself too

Day 6: Monasterio to Calzadilla de los Barros

Miles: 14

Very nice day walking after a great stay last night. The albergue last night had a great kitchen and a wood burning stove. So nice to be relaxing AND warm. These homes and hostels don’t really have heat, so to speak.

Tonight’s stay includes a washing machine. Luxury! Haha gotta appreciate the little things.

A really nice walking surface today
Bar food, best food
I named him Jeremiah
All over this little cow town, lots of granny square crochet

Day five: El Real to Monasterio

Miles: 9

My asthma was acting up a bit today because I caught a cold already. Booo! I’m glad it was a short day

Otherwise it was breezy and a bit chilly. I had a nice time walking with a roommate after a coffee break.

There’s only five pilgrims at tonight’s hostel, a place that could hold 50.

Update: someone just showed up. We’re up to 6.

We enter the region of Extremadura today.
The wettest stream crossing so far. My shoes were dry in a few hours.
Black pigs, delicious black pigs. They are searching for acorns.
I was teaching gin rummy to them. They immediately started winning.