Day 18- Fromista-Corrion del Condor- 422.9km left

Well, that sleep was a little better. I had a comfy bed, and dad had to sleep on the top bunk last night because I made him, no he offered. but I woke up twice, once because it was too warm and the other time because it was too cold. We were out of the door by 6:30. and eating breakfast by 7:30. I had a jamon and queso Bocadillos, and dad had a tortilla. He had a coffee con leche, and I had a cola coa. There was this dog there ,that the guy said in spainish that we couldn´t quite understand, came to his shop every morning and he gave him a huge chunk of meat. those of you that know my dog roo, this dog was kinda like her in a way, he didn´t chew his food, just glupped it down. After that very large sandwich, we carried on hiking. Kind of a boring hike today because we hiked beside the highway all day, not very fun. We came to a little town and took our first break after 2.5 hours. There was this large church there...but it was closed of course, but my dad´s Hungarian lady friend said that it would be open at 10:30, so we waited. At 10:30 we all made our way to the church, beautiful. But before I let my words get away from me, dad is going to talk about this in his post, so I will shut up about that.
In the whole town that we were in, there was not a place to go to the washroom. No where, so dad and I both decided that we would wait till we were out of town for a bit, and then find a little bush and go to the washroom. I had spotted a perfect place, but dad stole it, so I had to climb into bushes and prickels all for going to the bathroom, well worth it I might add.
only 6 km left till desination. I asked dad how many steps there were in a kilometer. Dad said that today we were going to do about 21,000 steps! that alot. I started counting when we had 3km left to the 2km left sign and I got 1264 steps, not bad.
when we were almost in the town, there was this big flock of sheep on the trail, with a shepherd. Yes, that right, you read it right, a flock of sheep with a shepherd. They were just waking on the trail infront of us, dad and I both wondered how we would get past them, but with just one little wistle, the sheepdog made all the sheep move over so we could get past, pretty amazing.
So tonight we are staying in a Monostary, 13th century. A very nice place, with single beds, no bunks!!!!! Tonight dad and I are going to go to a concerto, hopefully, that is going to happen in the church there. Should be interesting.
Well, to mr. Alles, you would love to do this hike, it is amazing!!!!!
And to everyone else, thanks for the comments, and see you in a month.
Ta Ta
-Jakob
No i´ll just add my 20 cents worth. I am not going to talk about the hike. it was basically not that exciting today. there was this trail beside the road for most of the way and that´s it. they do thta to attract >Spanish tourists, they are called sendas.
So instead you need to start looking for other interesting things and here it is. we entered the church Jakob was talking about. Imagine this; built in the 13th centurey by the knights Templar, protecotrs of the pilgrimm roads. it was very high, and neat to see. and tucked away in a corner stood this wee little organ, kind of like a cupboard. Jakob, braver than his dad, asked the guy if I could play on it,and I was. So the guy, plugged in the pump, no manual pumping this time, opened up the cupboard doors to reveal the pipes and took off the cover of the key board. Then i got to play, lovely sound, you have no idea. Soft little flutes. i just played for a bit and ended with playing psalm 98. When the last chord was played it reverberated throughout the building for about 4 seconds. And what was also cool was that the audience included Felipe, son of King ferdinand III and his wife who have been patiently lying there for hundreds of years, waiting for just this moment. that was the highlight of the day. Keep thos comments coming, as we go back on the trail tomorrow, sometimes in silence, sometimes siinging songs, from Les Mis to Swing Low.
"Sing to the Lord a new song".

Klaas