Day 10- Laboring Hard on Labor Day

I just arrived in Burgos. Its cathedral is a UNESCO world heritage site, and you really should google Burgos Cathedral to get a look at it.
I walked here from Villafranca montes de Oca....40 kilometers...That´´s about 24 miles, almost as long as a marathon. I´m totally exhausted. How can I explain the last ten kilometers, slogging through the sun through an industrial suburb of Burgos that was...apolcalyptic? Mad Max-ian¿ Truck stops, factories, strip mined bits, trucks roaring by. But thank God for Bridgestone tire. I passed by their factory, and sprinklers were watering the lawn, two of which were overshooting the factory fence. So I stood under them in the 36 centrigade heat for a few minutes, getting a bit of a shower. Anyway, I¨m here, and I´m staying in a hotel and taking tomrrow off. I just took a long bath. What a joy. No CNN on the television, that was the only problem.
I met my first Americans today, two California girls (as in Wish they all could be....). We met at a cafe where I stopped during today´s trek. They got to watch me take off my shoes, strip off my blister bandages, and examine my feet. I´m sure it must have been quite a turn on for them.
This is the city of El Cid, and I will post something about this hero one of these days...