Hospital de Orbigo, 3:45pm

Don´t worry...we´re not actually in the hospital.  (I can see our parents freaking out right now!)  That´s just the name of the town we´re in :)  We´re safe.  We´re happy.  We´re healthy.  Time for a recap:

We had a great time in Leon yesterday.  We actually went to an internet cafe to upload a few more pics so take a look in the photos section when you get a chance.  I only had time to do a few and the rest we will get to later.

Leon is a great city, quite big with many great little shops, bars, candy stores, a huge gorgeous gothic cathedral, and the list goes on.  I don´t think we saw even a quarter of it.  We stayed in the older part of town (where all the good stuff is), and yes, we did have vegetarian paella, and it was quite delicious.  We almost ordered a second one and then decided to have crepes instead.  On our way to dinner we walked by this fantastic little creperie and we knew we had to have one.  Stephen had a savoury one with mushrooms, cheese and garlic and I had an old favourite, nutella and banana...so good.  I have also discovered that I like beer now.  In a very special way-  cerveza con limon, which is basically half a beer with half a lemon soda, like a shandy- very refreshing.

After exploring the city yesterday, we had to be back at the albergue by 9:30pm, our earliest curfew yet so we didn´t get to see much of the night life.  We got up pretty early again and had intentions of going only 23km to a town called Villar de Mazarife, but when we arrived there at 10:30am feeling great, we decided to challenge ourselves and walk an extra 13km to Hospital de Orbigo, for a total of 36km.  We´re tired.  Our feet are not happy with us, but nonetheless, we are glad to know we can go far when we want to. 

We are probably going to chill most of the night and recoop our bodies for tomorrow...perhaps another light day?  We shall see...

Love,

Andrea & Stephen