Depart Time: 7:55 Temp: 59F RH: 100%
Walked 6.3 mi. Camino 2024: 107 mi.
We arranged for a taxi to take us from our hotel, skipping about 6 miles through the city streets and suburbs of Burgos to the village of Tardajos, where we picked up the Camino.
We followed the arrows along a zig-zag path through the village exiting by the Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción…
… onto the path along the road to Rabé de la Calzadas, where we stopped for breakfast.
At breakfast, we began chatting with Steve from Australia and a South Korean, couple currently living in California.
Leaving Rabé ahead of them, we figured they would catch-up and pass us as we began walking up to the Meseta on the path just outside the village.
Just before we reached the Meseta, some 2 miles later, our new pilgrim friends passed by and moved on toward Hornillos Del Camino.
The Meseta is frequently referred to as boring, repetitive and bleak. Many pilgrims choose to skip the Meseta when walking the Camino from SJPDP or Roncesvalles or Pamplona on their way to Santiago.
We began walking it for our 6th time today and consider it a favorite part of the Camino.
We think the view of Hornillos del Camino is beautiful from the top of Matamulos. And the steep walk down into Hornillos is anything but boring.
We walked into Hornillos del Camino and met our friends from breakfast and helped them find a place for the night at our Albergue called Meeting Point.
The Meeting Point owner checked us in at 12:00. Both she and the owner of the small grocery store a few doors away remembered us from our previous visits in 2022 and 2023 and made us feel especially welcomed.
Meeting Point has a nice green grass outdoor area including a small above ground swimming pool. They have both clothes washers and a dryer which will allow us to leave tomorrow with everything clean in spite of some afternoon showers.
They offer an unusual pilgrims dinner featuring homemade paella which tonight fed some 28 pilgrims all in a large dining area.
Our nearby dinner partners were from the UK, Italy (Pisa), Canada (Quebec), and South Korea.
The chatting during and after dinner continued on past 9:00, when we finally retired to our room to prepare for tomorrow’s walk back up onto the Meseta.
Jimandi 