Oct. 2 Carrion de Los Condes to Terradillos de Los Templarios.
We hiked 27 km today over the same path as the old Roman road Via Aquitaine. There were no towns or facilities for 17 km. We were grateful for the el Camino coffee truck and trailer that appeared at the 9 km mark like a mirage at sunrise. Cafe con leche and croissants never tasted so good! The landscape was fairly flat, but variable.
Last night we stayed in a hostel run by Augustian nuns at Santa Maria cathedral in Carrion de Los Condos. (Yes it seems Santa Maria churches abound in communities across Spain.) We were serenaded by the nuns during vespers. Men and women were segregated in separate dorms with 16 bunk beds in each. No hanky panky in this nunnery! We were grateful that most of the snorers would not be in our room. But squeaky springs allowed us to know when anyone moved in our room.
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Hills and Dales 