Day 16. 9/12/1

The place where I stayed had the usual pilgrim breakfast of bread and jam and coffee.  I wanted to hang back just a tad in that for the first four hours I would be on paved roads and side walks and I wanted then cars to see me.  For a change it was easy going, I had to walk around some construction that took about an extra mile.got into Burgos about noon.  For some reason I couldn't publish last night so I stopped into a. Ar and had a coke and donut just so I could use the wifi.  It still never worked.  A few minutes later I bumped into a couple I knew that just come from the hotel. Her knee is gone and they were trying to rest it.  He gave me the wifi code and I snuk into the lobby of this very swank hotel and still no luck.  Walking out of Burgos I started to worry about Sandy in that the rule was I had to stay in contact and now I was not even able to email.  With this on my mine I got off on the wrong street.  A very nice lady stopped me and spoke in very good English.  Excuse me but you want to go down that street with the yellow building.  I thanked her and was again on my way.  It took me a good hour to get through Burgos in that it is a huge city.  I stopped at the cathedral .....see pic....and stopped to take some pic.  A lady came to me selling tissue....what could I do a business woman.  I bought a package and watch as she went from one pilgrim to the next. After I left there two young Chinese boys came to me and asked if I spoke English.  They did and very well.  They were looking for the Alberque that was suppose to be near by.  I had seen it and pointed them in the right direction.  I felt so useful.  I walked past a huge menta hospital that looked just like a prison.  I was going to take a picture but thought better of it in that I was worried about my camer being confiscated.  Why I don't know to much T.V. I guess.  I finially made it out of town and was wondering how far the next village was.  A man and his mother was walking and so I stopped them and asked in my best Spanish.  He started to laugh and said, hey I from the Bay Area......cal,......we both had a good laugh, spoke for a few minutes and then I moved on.  Another great thing.....when I was in the middle of Burgos I was standing there looking lost and a biker jumped up from his coffee and came to me telling me to stay on this street for 5k nice guy looking out for an old man.  I was only going to go to Billabilla but missed the turn and went into Tarjados.....glad to get there in that I walked almost eight hours.  I am feeling good feet are doing fine......looking forward to tomorrow.

Lesson for today:  those who don't look like they speak English do.  Those that do don't.....