Day 13: Belorado to Villafranca de Montes de Oca - 11KM

Short day through fields of barley and yellow flowers. 

I imagined yesterday’s walk would be through nice little towns with cafes filled with tasty baked goods and coffee, but it was a food desert of ghost towns that culminated in a feeding frenzy. Today was the day I imagined for yesterday. There were many tasty stops, including blueberry banana bread from a family that recently moved from Arlington, Virginia!  

Walking with Mi-Suk is such a gift. When do you get long hours to share reflections, sort out tribulations, and engage in idle conversations with old friends?

At 13, I started learning French, which became a gateway to learning Spanish and to traveling later in my life.  

We met Nina from Mexico who got her belly button pierced at age 13 and her friend Chris from Zurich who began listening to hip hop and tagging.  He did it for us on a napkin in a bar where we were waiting out the rain.