June 29th. Today´s
walk from Najara to Santa Domingo de Calzada was completely uninspiring - with
two exceptions: First the beautiful red poppies scattered throughout the wheat
fields and second a pond full of enormous emerald green frogs jumping around in
the sun. The poppies were everywhere and
hard to miss. I found the frogs because
I heard them croaking and followed the sound slightly off the trail. They were a sight to see!
Santa Domingo de Calzada is another lovely old Spanish city with a cathedral in the centre. Also, I found a supermarket and was able to buy cheese and cucumber and peaches - a welcome change from the restaurant fare! Nonetheless, we ate dinner in the central square with some Camino friends - very nice!
So, who are we meeting on this Camino journey? Well, quite a few Americans - mostly from California, a very sweet and friendly German man walking with his 16-year-old son, a lovely Swedish couple from Stockholm who assured us that Sweden was the best country in the world in which to live, a rather aloof French man from Lyon and a "crazy" man from Belgium with whom I had an intense conversation about GM wheat (I think I see it everywhere but he assured me that it was impossible because Europe has banned all GM foods - I am still not convinced!).
Santa Domingo de Calzada is another lovely old Spanish city with a cathedral in the centre. Also, I found a supermarket and was able to buy cheese and cucumber and peaches - a welcome change from the restaurant fare! Nonetheless, we ate dinner in the central square with some Camino friends - very nice!
So, who are we meeting on this Camino journey? Well, quite a few Americans - mostly from California, a very sweet and friendly German man walking with his 16-year-old son, a lovely Swedish couple from Stockholm who assured us that Sweden was the best country in the world in which to live, a rather aloof French man from Lyon and a "crazy" man from Belgium with whom I had an intense conversation about GM wheat (I think I see it everywhere but he assured me that it was impossible because Europe has banned all GM foods - I am still not convinced!).
Hi Wendy,
ReplyDeleteGlad that you could buy some food you like. Klara had a similar experience while on a business trip in Belgium last week. She only had two meals she liked. One was an asparagus soup and the other brie sandwich. The rest of the conference/meeting food was for carnevoirs. It is nice that you are meeting interesting people. Have a great time! Vera