Recap of pilgrimage 2021: Leon

 Hello, everyone.

During our one partial day in León we did rather a lot of errands: we walked to the Oficina de Turismo and got a map of the downtown area. Then we walked across the bridge to the K2 Planeta store and picked up our (ordered in advance) poles. Then we went to the Benedictine alberbue near the French Way entrance to the city and picked up our San Salvador credenciales. And then we strolled around a bit and found the museum about the ancient Roman era of León's history.

The Centro de Interpretation, I think it was called, incorporates some of the ancient walls into the building. (Not the only building that does that.) This is a view of a part of the walls with some other remains. It's looking down from the walking space on top of the walls.

The museum also had an interpretation of what the Roman soldiers' quarters might have been like...give or take some curtains, pillows and mattresses, and electric lighting. It's not that dissimilar from a modern pilgrims' albergue in many ways.

As this was the first "puente" weekend in a long, long time, the folks were going in for some festivities. They had made a flower painting on the plaza next to the Cathedral.

They also had an outdoor festival of sorts, fenced in and with door-dragons making sure that everyone who entered the outdoor area of booths was properly adorned with a mascarilla.

When we sat down to eat, we had a tabla of charcuterie: various cured meats and some cheese, along with bread and red wine. 

After we ate, being dog-tired by this time, we went back to our room and collapsed into bed.