Camino de Santiago 2022 Day 13 Burgos to Hontanas 4K

[@byrdsonawire]

That cat was definitely the town greeter in 2022! I have photos with it too. So so sweet and cuddly, and then went after our trekking poles, haha. What a nice memory. Thank you!

[@staceyandmollypilgrims]

Yes it was! I really think that this cat was the start of my breaking down my anti-cat barrier. It had such a friendly disposition and really did welcome everyone to that cafe.

[@Gardenwatch]

I took a picture of the same grey cat that Molly was enthralled with. My wife loves cats, so on my Facebook blog I would post a picture of a cat. The grey cat made the cut. I am continuing to enjoy watching your Camino Francés blog. Among the very best. Ultrea Stacey.

[@staceyandmollypilgrims]

Thanks for your kind words. This was probably my favorite cat of the Camino. It was so friendly! Et suseia.

[@pavanatanaya]

You made that look easy

[@cathy5986]

A big day girls, but you always sound so upbeat and enjoy your surroundings. x I agree, the scenery was lovely.. so much like home here, Australia. Again, sooooo enjoying glimpsing your experience.

[@staceyandmollypilgrims]

Thanks Cathy. It was a long day, but the first two days of the Meseta were some of our favorites.

[@scotscotty8075]

Perfectly entertaining as usual. Gracias

[@staceyandmollypilgrims]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@maggiedoor6093]

Looked beautiful, farmer's daughter and I don't mind fields either.

[@staceyandmollypilgrims]

By the middle of the Meseta, the wheat almost looked like it was glowing.

[@hglundahl]

15:13 I have bingewatched the videos up to now, and now I have to wait another week to see the continuation.

[@pablodopico]

Hans, have you seen their series from the Camino Primitivo. It is great too!

[@hglundahl]

@@pablodopico Thank you, I haven't yet.

[@derickkopff1314]

Buen Camino!

[@staceyandmollypilgrims]

Same to you!

[@adventurous_au9102]

Loving your trip :)

[@lgt391]

The bar/albergue 2 km outside Hontanas must be newer, because it was not there in 2016.

[@staceyandmollypilgrims]

I think it is only a couple of years old. We will try to stay there next time.

[@hglundahl]

6:07 I think this is exactly where I staid the night after Burgos.

[@gunwoman93]

What time of the year is this? April-May probably?

[@staceyandmollypilgrims]

It was early June.

[@hglundahl]

1:28 I spent the night after Burgos in Tardajos.

[@hglundahl]

3:40 Back in 2004, ultreia e suseia was still fairly fashionable. At least Pablo Sanz said it when I left with the walking stick he gave me.

[@staceyandmollypilgrims]

I think it is out of fashion with the walkers now. Maybe we'll use those next time we walk it.

[@hglundahl]

@@staceyandmollypilgrims Well, Pablo would hardly be handing them out to people who already have skis to walk with. I didn't, and his stick served me very well up to the first day in Santiago.

[@reed0199]

At 2:21 - Stork Alert !!!

[@staceyandmollypilgrims]

There were a couple of days in the Meseta when the storks really saved us. Without those, there wouldn't have been much to get excited about.

[@hglundahl]

3:11 Ultreia e suseia. Very idiosyncratic Mozarabic Latin - in Classic Latin, think "ultrerior et surserior" as comparatives of the adverbs "ultra et sursum" ... further on, more upturned.

[@hglundahl]

And "ultrerior" and "surserior" are not acceptable forms in Classic Latin. Spain changed Latin pronunciation in 11th or 12th C. I can't find the specific council that decided it, it was one though.

[@staceyandmollypilgrims]

The evolution of languages is very interesting, isn't it. My brother-in-law could talk to you about that all day. It is his hobby.