It has been cool days recently threatening rain and sometimes spitting, windy, cool, overcast and sometimes real rain. I had hoped after a few days that it would be over but I guess that the forcast is the same for the next several days. So one is lucky if one walks without real rain. The darks clouds move about. As we travel by foot ¿or any holiday for that matter? weather is a major concern. It affects what you do and how you feel about it. Just sat in the sunshine for an hour and now the thunderstorms are here. So we shall go hour by hour and manage with it - since we canoçt change it. I do prefer sunshine though walking is better in the cool than sitting in cool spaces - the indoor heating is not on or does not exist. I now have a plastic rainjacket so any real wetness will be averted. All is great - feet in great shape, etc.
Had a couple of short days as we looked around Leon yesterday and took the bus through the city. I am travelling with a kiwi and a brit. We do not necessarily walk together but we are happy to eat and join together for getting through the city and making other decsions together. It works great - we enjoy each others company and yet we still all have space and time on our own. Enjoyed eating a few treats yesterday in Leon - ice cream and pastry and visited the cathedral with 2000 square feet of stained glass. I really prefer the walking and rural sites to the urban even though the spanish cities are very pretty in the centre.
Thought that I should give the body a bit of a rest - it doesnot really feel different but will start going further again tomorrow. Today was the first day that walking was not really enjoyable. Aside from the weather the path went beside the highway. Tomorrow it veers away and back to the countryside where one can not hear the traffic.
The maseta = the plains that we walked all last week were a great pleasure = some undulations and a wide open sky. I love that. Starting into the mountains in the next couple of days.
In Bercanios we stayed at a wonderful spot that had a volunteer from Hungary managing it. We all 40 of us helped cook Hungarian stew and the typical spanish salad of iceberg lettuce, tuna, tomato, a bit of onion. It gives a real sense of community = cooking and eating together in a restored old building. Every nationality there had to sing a song = and there were quite a few solos. I am getting used to different languages being spoken and trying to get something from the gesture and intonation. Something about the similarity of all people. That was one of those special nights with a real sense of community and global perspective. We are all pretty much alike, I guess though with some differences.
When the weather is fine, I notice the small things and pay attention to the enviroment. When it is cold and rainy and noisy, I tend to look in front of myself and just carry on. Interesting to observe one self.
I am wondering how the next two weeks will be = guess that time will answer that.
When I have a hot shower after a good workout that is walk, I feel like I have been to the spa. Comb my hair, brush my teeth, cream on my hands and face and soooorelaxed. I do not think that a spa could beat this. A really wonderful feeling. However when the atmosphere is cold or the water is not hot it is not the same wonderful experience. One is so relaxed after a day of walking. just like hiking in the mountains or running in Fish Creek Park.
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