Burgos, Spain

 Burgos cathedral

 This guy said he would save our spot

 This was a pretty nice place to stay, a standard Albergue (hostal).

 More of the cathedral

Inside the cathedral

Crossing into Spain

Here is the beginning of our Camino.

The first day  was in St Jean Pied de Port 

 Here are a few hikers getting some last minute things before their adventure

 Meanwhile in Spain...

 The running of the bulls! That barrier between us and the road was full of medical staff, and police. The only catch was, they can only help you if you make it through the fence, or over it until the bulls pass, and potentially trample you! The people on the fence are the newspaper photographers.

95% of our water came from fountains in the middle of nowhere. This particular fountain is very nice, and well kept. Most of the fountains are just a spout sticking out of the trail, with a sign that says "potable." 

A few more photos

Sorry about the delay everybody! I am trying to find the best photos to put up, but there are just so many! Here are a few more that I thought you might enjoy.

A street side market, with fresh food!

A few from the Eiffel tower

Notre Dame cathedral

Obviously, this is the Mona Lisa

A few additional photos...

 Security around the Eiffel Tower... Yes, those are machine guns they are casually holding.

 This is the elevator in the Eiffel Tower. Many people don't get to see this, unless they walk the stairs like we did!

Jim Morrison is buried here, in France. His grave was surrounded by several people when we visited, and always is, according to the security guards, and tour guides. We barely made it in time to see this, because the cemetery has "visiting times."

We are safe

In case you heard about the terrible train crash leaving at least 78 dead, and over 100 more injured, we want to inform you that we are safe. The accident took place in Santiago de Compostela, where our journey is set to end. Luckily for us, we planned to avoid Santiago during the fiesta, which was today. Our thoughts are with the many pilgrims and other people who lost their lives today. It is a sad day on the Camino

http://m.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/25/santiago-train-crash-spain-mourning

Sleeping in...

Yesterday, we were lucky enough to be in a smaller hostal, with only two other people in our room. Normally people start making noise at 5:00 a.m. so we were so excited that all of us slept until 7:00! Those two extra hours made a huge difference!

We also had the pleasant experience of meeting 8-10 angry dogs on our journey(until now, we haven't seen any). The miraculous part, is that at the start of our day, a very large, nice dog, decided to follow and protect us for 10 miles. We are so happy to see how things fall perfectly into place when we need them the most.

More wonderful people

We find great people everywhere we turn! It is especially nice when we encounter people who speak English. Today, after walking the standard 24 miles or so, we arrived at our hostal. We were fairly tired, and were not sure what we would encounter for sleeping arrangements. To our surprise, we found a beautiful hostal, with a fountain, a nurse station that helps people with their blisters, and a kind lady who speaks English! We are so glad that we found this hostal, and we will be sure to spread the word about it on all of the pilgrim websites for future peregrinos! All of the services here are provided by donations, so please be generous when you stay here, it is worth every penny!