Day 06: Valsain to Segovia

Date	Jun 14
Today's Distance:	10 miles / 16 km
Route and Stats	Route Video
Total This Camino:	70 miles.
Total All Caminos:	1470 miles
Lodging:	Hotel Corregidor @ $ 23
Total Lodging:	$ 173
Buses / Trains:	$
Total Buses / Trains:	$ 18
Food:	$ 25
Total Food:	$ 110

Meaningful Moment

Sharing a cold drink, bought at a local supermarket on the way into Segovia, with Deb on a bench under the shade of a tree.

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After having all the restaurants last night in Valsaín closed, we started the day with a serious calories deficiency. In fact, we think we've Benning running a calorie deficiency for the entire Camino to date. 

Combine that with temperatures easily breaking 95 every day in the afternoon, having serious hydration issues in the heat, it's no surprise that our bodies felt unusually beat up even for experienced hikers.

So walking around Segovia in the evening, we stumbled across a bar that was open with a Menu del día that sounded delicious. It was early for Spain, only 6:30 p.m., for the kitchen to be open but I asked anyway. And were we surprised that the kitchen was open.

Deb had paella and I had a similar dish only over noodles instead of rice for our first course.

The main entrees were pork and chicken, we got one of each. And for dessert it was flan and ice cream.

I had a really cold cervesa to drink, and it was like heaven.

Then we followed it up with a little walk around Segovia, and ended up in a small park where we went to a little sushi vendor, not for sushi but for more cold drinks. A white wine, a tinto verano, and two more bottles of water LOL.

Random Thought of the Day

Ended up walking along the road for the entire day.

But it was very, very flat.

Halfway thru we crossed over a large reservoir which made for a nice view.

On the Road / Notable memories

Deb and I had some great rest stops along the Camino today.

In the town of Ildofensa, I had coffee con leche and pineapple juice. Deb had a cafe negro and tortilla. After all, we had to make up for there being no restaurants open the night before. 

On the way into Segovia, we stopped in a supermarket for Zambuchas, found a bench with shade and drank up. 

Since it was still not check-in time, we stopped in a restaurant in a plaza, where we had tapas and tortillas. Being unbelievably thirsty, I ordered a coca cola and orange juice and Deb ordered a seltzer and orange juice. 

Each rest stop today was so enjoyable as a simple moment of pleasure.

Roman aqueducts of Segovia, 

built 2000 years ago