Day 20
Burgos to Tardajos -10 kms
30 April 2019
Today we spent the morning in Burgos. We had a few things to do and Jeff posted home a couple of things he had been carrying but had never used, we also visited the magnificent 13th century cathedral, Catedral de Santa Maria. It's so very beautiful, what wonderful craftsmanship.
We loved Burgos and didn't really give ourselves enough time to fully appreciate everything there was to see and do. It is so very different to Pamplona, more European I think. We enjoyed sitting out in the plaza last night watching the people out with their children and babies ...also we loved seeing storks flying around overhead.
We bought a few lunch things before midday and set off on our walk once again. We may have missed the green way into the city yesterday but we made up for it today. Our walk out of Burgos was easy and took us through park areas then we were back out in the countryside. Much of the walk was alongside or near roads and flyovers. We did see some cropping. Tardajos has a population of around 900, very old looking. We spent the afternoon sitting outside our hostel soaking up the very warm sun and stayed outside for our evening meal. We shared our table with Lucy, a quiet spoken Texan from Houston. She has a great sense of humour and we spent much of the time laughing.
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| Burgos |
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| The magnificent Burgos Cathedral - Catedral de Santa Maria |
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| Part of the cloister in the Cathedral |
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| A knight in one of the streets |
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| Three tired pilgrims |
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| Walking out of Burgos |
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| Pappy having fun playing with soft white 'fluff' from the trees. |
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| Just as we left Burgos - it says 532 kms to Santiago but back in Agés there was a sign that said 518 kms. |
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| The path from Burgos took us through this lovely green park. |
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| We stopped to have our picnic lunch in the park on our way put of the city. |
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| And out into he countryside |
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| A small church we found |
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| Through an area of cropping. |
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| Some graffiti in the underpasses |
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| 'Trust yourself there are many reasons!' |
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| Puente del Arzobispo - a kilometre or so before Tardajos. |
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| Tardajos |
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| In Tardajos |
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| A wee house for Pappy today, it may be small but at least it's not too big a project for him |
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| The bar attached to our hostel - this is where we spent the afternoon and evening |
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| And the town's grocery store. |
The parks look nicer than the motorway
ReplyDeleteCertainly were 😜
DeleteAmazing that you're walking in and out of big cities. So much to see.....
ReplyDeleteThe cathedral is magnificent and it does make you wonder about the craftsmen of the day. No health and safety measures back then!!!!
It can be hard walking in and out of cities but walking out of Burgos was quite nice. Yes the craftsman had no safety measures, no engineers reports, no heavy lifting equipment such as there is now and yet they created such beauty.
DeleteWas amazed by Burgos. A city I can't recall ever hearing about. You are educating us as well as being pilgrims. Please add prayers for Mr family in Qld as you trek. We have 4 separate hospitalisations at present.
ReplyDeleteBurgos amazed me too, a really beautiful city.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry to hear that you have family in hospital, we'll certainly keep them in our prayers as we walk.