Day 0: Leaving León for Hospital de Orbigo

We really  enjoyed León last night. This morning we start our walk to Santiago.

Our pension was very quiet. There were about 20 double rooms and it was built on a 2nd century roman military barracks. There is a glass floor in the basement where you can see the ruins.

We had wonderful tapas at two places. La Taberna early in the afternoon for wine and beer with three different tapas: tomatoes and anchovies, calamari, and cold mussels in olive oil.

We went to the evening vigil at the Cathedral. It was in a side chapel rather than the main altar. The side chapel is actually 200 years older than the Cathedral. The mass was for pilgrims, but it was all in Spanish except for a few traditional Latin responses.

For dinner we went to the appropriately named El Altars for wine, beer fresh salads and pizza: ensalada altar, ensaladilla rus, and pizza prosciutto. Pizza in Spain is pretty popular an they have 100 kinds of ham to top it with. If you notice a theme here, you have to have wine/beer in order to get the free tapas. It may sound like an excuse to drink, but we refuse to argue with the locals. I am sure they know best.

Santa María de León Cathedral, also called The House of Light (built 1073-1302 AD)

Main altar

20,000 square feet of stain glass