Half Way Day!

I woke up this morning after a goodnights sleep and I was ready to begin my walk. Originally I only planned to walk 17km, however, I ended up walking 28km! It´s addicting sometimes. When I arrived at what was supposed to be my destination for the day, I took a short break for second breakfast and then I felt refreshed and ready to walk some more. I just kept walking, and walking, and walking until I arrived in Terradillos. It wasn´t until I read my guidebook more carefully that I discovered that Terradillos is the half way point between  St. Jean Pied de  Port and Santiago de Compostela! Wow! I am half way through the Camino de Santiago! Only 387km left , it´s so hard to believe. But before I arrived in Terradillos today, I did have to walk 28km through wheat fields and empty farm land. But, aside from the complete isolation, my walk this morning was very beautiful. Even though I was walking alongside roads for a majority of the day, I was surrounded by very fragrant flowers in all sorts of colours. I also walked along the oldest and most well preserved Roman road leading from Burgos to Astorga; it´s kind of neat to think that thousands of years ago, Roman armies marched on the same ground that I am walking on today. Thinking that I was only going to be walking 17km, I took my time and just enjoyed my surroundings. But, I arrived in Calzadilla an hour earlier than I had originally planned, so, I decided to walk on. That way I would get to spend a few more days with the group I am walking with currently. I really like talking to everyone, they are all very kind and quite amusing to talk to. I completed my walk today around 1:30pm. However, Terradillos is an extremely small town; there is NOTHING TO DO HERE! I decided to stay in the albergue in town rather than the one a kilometer off route...big mistake. Even though the albergue is clean and very well organized, the town is deserted: mind you, there is only a population of sixty. But still, I was expecting the city to have a bar, so, I went for a little stroll only to discover that the ¨bar¨is in an abandoned house, and all of the drinks are kept on a small plastic table in the back. There weren´t even any chairs. I had to sit outside on a very questionable bench. Asisde from the ¨bar¨, this town is empty. I spent a good four hours sitting in the albergue garden reading, writing, and, well, sleeping. Finally I decided to walk over to the other albergue and check it out. It is so much nicer than the one I am staying in! It has a proper bar, sturdy chairs, and the grass is a lot softer to sleep on. So, I decided to stay here for dinner and then just return to my albergue to sleep for the night. All in all, it has been a very pleasant day. My feet no longer hurt and all of my blisters have healed! FINALLY! I still can´t believe it. My pilgrimage is almost over. Only four more weeks of walking...wow! Bye for now :)