Walked: 5.3 mi. Camino2025: 99 mi.
The path to Boadilla is a gentle hill that meanders through the fields, irrigated from the Pisuega Canal, which we cross near the halfway point.
It is not a very interesting walk and when the Iglesia de Santa María de la Asunción is first sighted, one typically thinks he/she is almost there. The illusion though is disheartening since it is actually over 3 miles away!
Today, however, as we approached the sighting point, two French pilgrims whom we met at dinner last night, joined us in our walk and renewed their conversation with Jim.
The interesting exchanges that followed became a distraction for Jim and when the faster walking Frenchmen moved on, we were almost at the entrance of Boadilla.
Jim was so distracted, he failed to take any pictures while focusing on his limited command of French!
Our French friends, Gilles and Herve were waiting for us when we arrived and we continued our conversations over a breakfast of cafe con leche and Santiago cake.
We discovered at breakfast that Gilles is an accomplished artist, working in ceramics and various forms of sculpture. He also performs in local theatre. Below is some of his art work.
We said our goodbyes and our interesting friends from Brittany departed for the next town, Fromista, and after a short wait, we checked in and performed our daily chores.
At 2:00, we had a simple, but filing lunch of chicken soup for Linda and a bean salad for Jim. We both had different styles of chicken breast for second course and dessert was watermelon and ice cream. As also, our meal of the day was accompanied by a nice, no label local red wine.
Jim entertained himself for an hour or so watching several stork couples, nesting on the church roofs adjacent to our hostal.
The rest of the day was dedicated to the usual naps, reading and blogging to end another interesting day on the Camino Frances.
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