Walked: 6.0 mi. Camino2025: 145 mi.
So, as planned, we walked the 20 minutes from our apartment to the León bus station, at 6:30 this morning. Unplanned was our wait until 7:30 for the bus station cafeteria to open.
We had a tiny cafe con leche and croissant for breakfast and then boarded the 8:00 bus to Hospital de Orbigo, as planned, to skip the industrial and boring 22 miles west of León.
After a brief rest stop at Hospital, we began the 7 miles west walk to San Justo de la Vega.
As planned, we stopped at the service station a few miles short of San Justo for a much needed break from the 72 degree sun.
We realized that too much of a good thing, like a 3, rather than a 2 day break in León must have adversely affected our stamina, so we made an unplanned call for a taxi to take us the remaining distance into San Justo to our hotel.
Our hotel was not ready for us, nor did they offer food before 1:30, so we retraced our steps to the Oasis Bar and had a glass of Mencía wine to go with a racione of calamari to fill our tummies and the time gap between our planned Camino and the actual circumstances facing us.
We checked in to Hostal Juli at 1:00, had a so-so main meal at 3:00 and hung out in and around our room for the remainder of the day.
Jimandi 