Today our group of 15 met in Leon, Spain. We toured the famous historical sites that we have been studying for the past semester. The Leon Cathedral has the 2nd largest amount of stained glass of any church. Basilica de San Isidoro is known for its Panteon de los reyes, where 11 kings of Leon and Castille are buried and boasts the oldest painted ceilings in Europe. We also visited the monastery of San Marcos, Palacio de los Guzmanes, and Casa Botines.
Leon is a rather large town of abut 100,000 people, with modern and medieval sections. The medieval part is fit with small winding alleyways not fit for cars, smokey bars, and all the tradition that we expected a Camino town to have. Some of us with an adventurous spirit tried a staple of the local cuisine - tripe - or pig innards.
After a pilgrims blessing from the nuns who ran the monastery and albergue, we were ushered to our barracks early, in preparation for our journey ahead.Buen Camino!
Mari & Scott
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