This is the day of reunion for the chicas! Monica and I left at 7:15, stopped for cafe con leche, arriving in Leon before noon. As we walked up to the Albergue in the old city, Linda and Therese were in the midst of checking in. Marilyn had already claimed her bed and was out enjoying the city. Elizabeth and Judy arrived shortly thereafter, having taken the bus from Mansilla after a morning walk to that town. We were quite taken with our monestary albergue and the habited nuns who helped us get settled. It was such fun to find so many of our camino friends already here.
Spent the day shopping for warm clothes for the oncoming snow in the Pyrenes; visiting the medieval fair celebration; sitting in cafes enjoying chocolate and churros (a delectable chocolate deep-fried donut affair recommended by Gail and Brian Harper, our Spanish teachers); listening to live music in the cobble-stone streets; and finally touring the famous Santa Maria de la Regla Cathedral, a Gothic masterpiece with more than 100 stained-glass windows.
In the evening, we joined friends and enjoyed finding the Bario Humedo, an area of tangled little streets famed for their vino bars and free tapas. We sure found the locals out enjoying their Saturday night!
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