May 30

          We left the hostel, around 6:45, but had to stop at the vending machines for breakfast, where Caleb realized he forgot his knee brace and we had to go back and get it. Then we left the town for real. The hike was only 20km, but it seemed longer because we could not find a place to stop for lunch. Aside from one stop to refill our water and another to buy soda at a machine, we didn't stop walking. At one point a man drove down the road handing out water bottles. He was from an albergue called Cuantro Cantones and according to the label on the bottle, it was their 10th anniversary.
          We arrived around 12 and after getting settled, headed out in search of food. Once again, there was not much in town, but we stopped in an open supermarket and bought bread, meat, and a few other random things. We ate them at the kitchen table at the albergue while we talked with a guy from Holland. Until dinnertime I did very little except read and sit in the backyard. It was a nice day out.
          Dinner was served at 7:30 and we were seated with two other pilgrims: Hide from Japan and Rebecca from Oregon, who we had met a few days earlier.
Verse written on my arm today: James 3:13
(Written May 30)