Friday, June 20, 2014
June 20: Camino de San Salvador- Oviedo
The split from the Camino Frances located where the Parador Hotel is in Leon.
Thursday, June 19, 2014
June 19: Spanish protest
It always intriques me to see the Communist symbol flying. It is something that I have never seen in the US.
June 19: Leon
The plan is to walk the Camino Salvador from Leon to Olviedo. From there, I plan to walk the Camino Primitivo from Olviedo to Santiago. The Camino Salvador got its historic notoriety when Olviedo served as one of the main repository for church items that were evacuated during the Moorish conquest of southern Spain. It became an important way point on the pilgrimage to Santiago. The Camino Primitivo historic notoriety is that it serves as the oldest route to Santiago, as the Moors initially occupied much of what was the Camino Frances.
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
June 17: Parador breakfast
The Parador gives a free breakfast to the first 10 pilgrims. It is kind of a reputed Camino institution. So i show up an hour beforehand. A Parador employee led us through the kitchen to a room. They gave us coffee and some churros. That was it. For some reason i had it in my head that it was to be this grand American style buffet, eating along with all the other Parador paid guests. But it was anything but. We ate by ourselves. We ate whatever the cook felt he could spare. It definitely was not American style, but Spanish all the way. Spanish breakfast is basically coffee and toast.
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