May 31

         The albergue served breakfast at 7am. It was fairly simple, like most albergue breakfasts and had bread, jam, and a few other things. We started on the way early and only took a few breaks during the day. The first was to fill up on water, the second to get soda and ice cream, and the third to get a snack. Although the elevation map showed the path having a lot of uphills and downhills, it wasn't very difficult. We reached the town where we were supposed to stay around 1pm and looked around in a nearby church before heading to a cafe for a little while. Neither of us were very tired and since it was only another 3.6km to the next town we decided to keep walking.
          The rest of the walk went by fast as well and we ended up in the town of Ages. We checked into the albergue and immediately took showers. Next we went out to look for a market and buy laundry soap since we left ours in Santo Domingo by accident, but there didn't seem to be a store anywhere. Aside from the 4 albergues, the town was all residential. It was like a ghost town. The only people I saw that weren't pilgrims were running the albergue. We gave up and decided to look in the next town for a market.
          We spent some time just hanging around and reading before dinner at 7pm. I had pilaf, salmon, and ice cream. They were playing Castle on the tv in the dining room, so I ended up watching that while I ate, even though it was dubbed over in Spanish and I couldn't tell what was happening. The heat was not near as bad today and we were able to stay mostly in the shade. My neck still got a sunburn, though. I am hoping the weather is able to stay like this for a few days at least. Burgos tomorrow!
(Written May 31)