A beautiful day in Spain

We walked out the door this morning at 7 as usual--pitch dark and we saw this blaze of light shoot acros the sky--a great start to the day. About an hour and a half to Fromista where we found an open bar and had coffee and tortilla.then an hour to another village and another bar and shoes and sox off to let the feet cool down.a lot of people seem to be getting laid up with foot injuries---blisters, infected blisters requiring hospitalisation, shin splints requiring 3-10 days rest. Maybe our daily routine of massaging the feet twice a day and our legs once a day is paying dividends. The people with shin splints said they thought they were trying to go too fast and too far in one day. Today was better. More stops made a difference I think. We are both loving the Meseta. Stayed at Boadilla last night where Eduardo has been charming the ladies for years---showing his age a bit but still as charming as ever. About 100 of us had a communal meal in 2 rooms---turreens of Castellian soup and a white bean soup followed by meatballs and salad and ice cream for dessert--and red wine of course. Surrounded by Pilgrims from US, Columbia, Korea, Japan, Germany and Spain---just on our end of the table--a good buzz.The days are getting cooler---wore gloves, beanie and long trousers for the first time this morning--- great walking weather.