Tuesday, March 20, 2007

23 km Sevilla to Guillena

Fortunately we had a short day planned, because we got an 11AM start. Not too bad considering the teary goodbyes and delivery of luggage to storage. That put us into Santiponce/Italica at 1:30 for lunch and Guillena at 6:30.

We got a little bit of everything today. Busy city streets till we got out of Sevilla, and then mostly dirt track roads and paths through fields and pastures. At one point we had to shed our boots for sandals, convert our long pants to shorts and ford a small river.

We found a roasted chicken shop near our hotel, which was a welcome break from deep-fried everything. Plus we've got lunch for tomorrow.

The refugio here is "roof and floor" only, so we checked into the only hotel in town. A hostel, really, and overpriced at 40 euros with a bathroom down the hall, (no seat on the toilet). Spain is fun, but its no bargain.

We didn't see any others on the trail, but there were 4 other peregrinos at the hostal.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hello Nick and Conchi;

I am looking forward to following your journey. The pedestrian mode is my favorite.

A toast to grace
on your pigrimage,
Michael Cosper