River route to Burgos

After researching the way to Burgos, we decided to take the alternate route. This is the same distance as the original route, but takes you along a beautiful tree lined parkway along the river. It was a great walk! We saw lots of local people out biking, jogging, or just a Sunday stroll.

We heard from others that took the original route to Burgos, that it was a horrible walk along a busy highway passing by factories.

We dropped our backpacks off at our hotel, and ran into Michael, who we met at the Albergue in Villava. It was fun to catch up!

We went to Mass at the Cathedral, and walked around the surrounding area.

We visited the Museum of Human Evolution ( with the remains excavated in Atapuerca ) in the afternoon since we found out that
Museums are closed on Mondays.

After the museum we headed back towards the Cathedral district for dinner. We found a good location facing the Cathedral. There was some organization that was gathering for a procession. We had no idea what was going to happen, but as it came together, we were glad we had dinner in that spot to watch it come together.

We walked 14 3/4 miles today, but only 13 flights of stairs!