Day 35 - 26.3 Kilometres

Bercianos to Mansilla de las Mulas

The flat nothing continues. Same road, same fields, same tractors as yesterday. Plenty of time to think and to daydream, but that´s private.

The Albergue in Mansilla was very nice and clean with a sunny courtyard filled with geraniums. We met up again with the Irish Boys, and pooled out resources to cook an obscene amount of food. We have learned on the Camino that it costs only pennies more to cook for a group than it does to cook for two or four. Those few pennies are well worth being able to have an open invitation for anyone to join your table. This Albergue had the largest group of english-speakers of any we stayed in, and by the end of the evening, our table sported 5 Americans, 3 Irish, and 1 Welshman.

Everyone chipped in with wine, so in addition to having a very full table, we also had a rather tipsy table. The card games and carousing went on well into the night. (OK 11PM, but that is LATE in pilgrim time - most Albergues shut down the lights at 10 or 10:30) A far cry from the convent, but fun nonetheless.