Day 25 – Bercianos del Real Camino to Leon

Walked: 6.8 mi. Camino2025: 139 mi.

Leaving La Perala
Unusual church steeple in Bercianos, rebuilt after the original Iglesia de San Salvador collapsed in 1998.
Jim gifted Linda with a braid in exchange for his trim.
The entire walk to Burgo Ranero was on the dirt path with this typical scenery…
… or breaking the monotony by walking in the little used road.

Once we got to Burgo Ranero we got rather busy. We had a nice breakfast then ask the lady manager to call our favorite taxi. He’s known as “Tesla Taxi”.

Moving on the Camino in a Tesla!

The taxi driver took us to Mansilla de los Mulas, where we waited 15 minutes and then boarded a bus to Leon.

We disembarked at the Leon bus station and immediately purchased two bus tickets to take us from Leon to Hospital de Orbigo on Monday morning.

We then walked a block and a half to the Leon train station and bought our train tickets from Santiago to Madrid for July 1.

Leon Train Station

Next, we sent a message to our accommodation in Leon to find out when our room would be ready. He responded 10 minutes later and said our room would be ready at 1:40.

It was 12 noon and our main tasks were completed, so we began the mile or so walk to our apartment, Lodging City, adjacent to the old section of Leon.

Beginning our walk from the Train Station to our apartment.

Along the way we stopped for an orange juice break and when we were only a block away we made one final stop for more hydration and pintxos.

Our stop for drinks and pintxos at Bar Marbella, a few steps from our apartment.

We rang the bell at 1:39 and were admitted to our room and checked in.

A familar restaurant was open as we passed it on the way to our room, so we returned there for our main meal, then retired to our room, beginning our planned 3 day rest in Leon, a favorite stop on the Camino.

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