Our Walk Along the Camino de San Salvador

Spanish Hillsides on Camino Camino de San Salvador Pilgrimage After a peaceful and restful night at the albergue, we woke up around 6:30 AM, still a bit sore after yesterday's exertions.  We all slowly got ready, biding our time until breakfast at 8 AM.  Today was a short (18.1 km) day that the guide suggested should be easy and 'all downhill.'   The hospitalero phrased it a bit differently yesterday, saying only that we had 10 km left in the mountains, and then we would follow the highway. As it turned out, the walk was anything but flat, and at best it could be described as mildly strenuous.  In any case, when breakfast arrived it consisted of café con leche, freshly squeezed orange juice, warm bread with jam, a slice of delicious nut cake, and a small pile of hazelnuts and walnuts, still in their shells.  A wonderful feast to begin the day!  As a final blessing, the owner of the Albergue presented each of us with a yellow papier-mâché arrow pin for ...