Sebastion´s first Leg

Thursday, Sebastian got off the train at 05:30 and walked up the hill to the main square in Astorga. We fed him breakfast and set off by 07:00. I congratulaed him on working out the details of my email. He looked up, said that he never received an email; had simply arrived at the station, didnt see anyone, looked at the map of town and worked out where the camino went, and there I was waiting for him when he went by. Auspicious start to his camino.

We went easy on Sebastian the first day, but added a few kilometers and some nice steep hills today. The long hot trail across the farmland suddenly quit and we hit some altitude, and for the first time in weeks, broke out jackets against the cold and wind.

Beautiful climb to the Iron Cross at1505 meters, the highest point on the Camino. We all left a little momento from home at the top.