Camino:

We landed in Madrid Tuesday afternoon.  Since then we have been adjusting to the time difference and slowly making our way to Leon .

 Saturday was our first day on the trail as we made our way out of Leon towards Virgin del Camino. 

I had arranged to stop only 8 km out of town, as the next stop would have put us well over 20 km and I thought we should test the waters first.  I have discovered that I have packed too heavy. Kathy seems to have obtained the correct balance.  My camera was broken as I left for the airport in Calgary, and that was thrown into the garbage.  We have discovered that we only needed one day pack and I could cut down on the clothes, cutting I believe about 1/3 of the weight. Live and learn.

 The trail is marked in various ways by the sea shell symbol and Kathy took a picture of the above one which was moulded into the drainage tiles, as it happens in front of our Hotel, 

We continue to work out how to put photos on the Blog.  Having taken 2 hours to put the above one on we now have to go back and try and remember how we did it!