Because Dan's been struggling with a very nasty head cold, we stayed in Leon longer than planned, hoping for things to improve. Monday we decided to skip the first stage of our next camino, the Ruta del Salvador, which is fairly flat and partly through the suburbs of Leon. Instead, we took a bus from Leon to the end of the stage, the small city of La Robla. It is a fairly depressed coal mining town, and quite sleepy. But their Corpus Christi celebration was continuing through Monday, so we were able to join in some of the fun. There was a town bake-off for cakes and tortillas (in Spain this is like a fritata).
In one of the town buildings, there were performances by the local amateur musicians, from school age to adult. There was a rock band scheduled to perform in the town's plaza, but not starting till 11:30, at night so we didn't make that one.
Next morning we headed out, walking once again. Our stage for the day was short, only 10 km to the village of La Pola de Gordon. It was quite pretty walking, mostly through forests and following the same river that flows through Leon.
By shortly after noon we were in La Pola. It proved to be a slightly less depressed town than La Robla, and a little friendlier. People were fly fishing in the river right in the center of town. We ate a great comida (what luck: chicken soup for the first course!), took a nap, and walked around the town.
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