Santo Domingo de la Calzada is the name of the Saint who lived in this place. He has done a lot for the pilgrims in the past.
The legend of Santo Domingo tells about a dead (and fried) chicken that became alive again and walked away to prove the innocence of a man.
To keep the legend alive, two chickens are living permanently inside the cathedral.
One other thing: the restaurant where we eat in Santo Domingo appears to have the worst service ever seen.
Belorado is a nice town with a friendly and nice hostel beside the church. When we arrive we see Niels sitting down with his feet in a basket full of water.
Niels is big, walks fast and comes from Australia.
The monks give you soup in the evening and, for the modern pilgrim, there is a bar where you can eat something simple as well.
We find Niels in the bar, ordering beers two by two for himself...
Villafría is just the industrial area of Burgos. A lot of trucks passing nearby. It's terrible.
The center of Burgos is big and has a real cathedral.
Because our car (with the tent!) is in Burgos, we stay for one night on the camping. One night no people waking you up at six.
You walk through the fields of the Meseta, completely flat, and suddenly the road goes down and you see the village just in front below you. Such a town is Hornillos.
In the house of San Bol we meet an old half-paralyzed man who is practically full-time pilgrim. Every year he walks the way from friend to friend, supported by his stick.
Castrojeriz is built around a mountain with a castle on top. It has some impressing churches.
It's a pity that it's too early in the morning to stop, otherwise we would have stayed here for the night.
Frómista is famous for the nice and completely renovated church, but for the rest not interesting. Well, they do have a swimming pool!
Carrión de los Condes has a monestary with nuns who are not allowed to talk to anybody. In a nice restaurant we have a goodbye-lunch with our new friends, because we stop walking this year in this place.
A nice place for coming back another time.