Day 12

As I told you I stayed in a real nice Alberque last night.  Only two beds to a room and very privet.  My roomie was an older gentleman from Germany that spoke English very well.  This is his fifth camino.  I asked why and his answere was why not.  I got confused last night as to dinner, it seems that they had a pilgrims dinner all set up as part of the celebration.  They usuall don't start eating until 7:00 but they were done at 7:00 so I went in to town and found some potted meat, bread and a couple of bananas. As I was eating a lady and her partner came in, she was limping so bad that she couldn't put any weight on her foot.  There was no ice so a runner went around the corner and got some from a bar.  We iced it and put a wrap on it.  She was done and she knew it.  I met her and her partner that first night.  Now they were on the phone arranging for a taxi to goto the bus station then the train station then back to Canada.  I don't know how long the Harvest celebration went on but it started to rain.  The locals were all rejoicing in it.  I got two more bottles of water from the cooler drank both and went to bed about 7:30, I was done.  I must be sleeping better because I actually had a dream.  Got up and was well on my way before 7:00.  On climbing out of Ciruena the trail was like a cobbled road. As you put your foot down your ankle wanted to go one way and your knee wanted to go the opposite. I picked my trail very cautiously.  I have never seen a country with so much rock.  Just as I made the top of the hill and about three miles from Santo Domingo the friends of the camino were set up with food and drinks.  I have them a good donation in that I take more tha my share of coke.  Going into Sato Domingo was fair going the only thing that was bothering me was that I was getting low on cash.  Every thing here is done in cash and I wasn't sure what was ahead of me.  Sometimes the trail takes you through the outside of town, sometimes right down the middle.  As I got into town I seen a tourist info office.  I stopped in and asked about a bank.  She drew me a map, I hesitated but gave it a go and actually found a credit union with a cashmachines. Two things haunt me out here, water and money.....you need both to live.  After getting my money I found the trail again and made my way out of town.  It was like yesterday no one was behind or in front.  And then the damnest thing happen I actually felt that I could actually take a piss.  Hell yeah right in the middle of the road.....been days since I peed in the middle of the day.  To day the heat was actually bearable in that big white clouds were in a sky so blue that it reminded me of being a kid and laying on the grass making figures and faces.  And I will be damed even a breeze came up....a very good day for walking.  As I approached Granon a man handed be a brochure as to a abregue that belonged to his family.  I got to the turn off and I could see nothing down the road that even looked like an Alberque.  Hummm but he did say it was in a forest.  I took the turn off and started to walk across the valley.  After I had gone about a half mile I seen another pilgrims had thake the road as well.  She was from  Holland and said that she had hear good things about it.  It took a good hour to get to it but oh my hell what a place.  It use to be a villa then they turned it into a Alberque.  Absolutely gorgeous, dinner was great and a privet room.  Very nice people.