Day 9

Tonight we are in Santillana Del Mar. 


This was a relatively dull day. A lot of roadside walking, we made a mistake or two, and ended up on some busy roads, climbing an embankment along an overpass, but did not get arrested! 😃  We walked about 23 miles, about 2,000 feet elevation, in lots of small increments. Another beautiful day of weather!


While the day was dull early on it picked up! As we walked along a trail, we reached an area with some workout equipment. Since we have not been able to go to the gym, we decided to fit in a quick workout! 




Check out those legs!

Beautiful Wooden gate

Statues in the middle
Of traffic circles.

A siren

A bison?

Flowers


Grass

It’s not all beautiful. This was a cement plant we walked past.

Some of today was a more agricultural area. This cow was scratching her neck on the tree and the fence






Santillana is a historic town, lots of cool older buildings. We stayed in an old convent, now converted to a hostel for pilgrims.  Lots of character with rough hewn wooden floors. We had a great time at dinner with our new friends Katherine and Gabor, who live in Colombia. We didn’t realize that the hostel closed and locked up at 9:00 and our dinner was not over until after 10:00! Fortunately we were able to get the host to let us in after hours! 


 


Dinner-octopus

Comments

  1. AnonymousJuly 30, 2022 at 3:01 PM

    As always great pictures again today! So glad the weather has been great too! Always fun to meet new people on your journey! Have a restful night! D and L

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  2. AnonymousJuly 30, 2022 at 6:32 PM

    Nice touch w/music in the background on this post. We had us a Family Olympics day -10⭐️ day here. Keep shining/smiling/discovering your WAY. Onward pilgrims. Thank you.
    LB

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  3. John TJuly 30, 2022 at 7:08 PM

    Great pics l! Such an awesome area. Enjoy the rest!

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  4. AnonymousJuly 30, 2022 at 7:41 PM

    Interesting dinner. A bit questionable to me. Glad you could get some work out in other than just walking. DA

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  5. AnonymousJuly 31, 2022 at 10:46 AM

    The sauce looks yummy anyway and love the red sauce mirroring the octopus on the plate but….🥴! Nice to make new friends! So strange to close the hostile early when people there generally eat later!? Happy trails mañana- hope the good weather continues! ❤️ Dianne M.

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