Days 19 to 20 Leon

We had a relatively light day yesterday arriving in Leon at about noon, the walk itself was a mix of countryside and the outskirts of Leon which was industrial, housing estates. We wended our way thru the old town where we came to the Cathedral, our hotel where we are encamped for 2 nights, is next to the Cathedral it is very quiet location as our room overlooks a light well so no noise from the street thank goodness.
When we entered into the old town we were greeted by a huge religious festival the Ascension of Christ so lots of floats everyone in their finery and 2-3 brass bands each trying to outdo the other in terms of volume (not music).
We celebrated with a magnificent long lunch Nikki has officially completed the Camino now having walked from Leon 2 years ago, we have busted the 400k barrier and are more than halfway so we reckoned we deserved a nice lunch. We slept soundly in the afternoon and then went to a great little bar in the evening which was full of locals it was called Jambon Jambon (ham ham) and that is what we ate lots and lots and lots of different types of ham so much that we sneaked slices into our knapsack for scoffing later.
The previous day was long hard grind but we were rewarded with a most delightful hotel with a small flower covered courtyard and a most engaging landlord, the room was sizable and looked out onto a tiny little street which was narrow enough to smell the breath of the man in the room opposite.
We have been dogged by a german guy who seems to pop up all the time we met him on the way into Burgos about a week ago and had dinner with him since then he has appeared every day and latched onto us, luckily he has now found a new friend (a 71 year old man from New Jersey who looks like Father Christmas), anyway I guess that happens.
The Cathedral is v impressive with some superb stained glass windows, it is debatable whether it is as good as the Cathedral in Burgos though.
Well this afternoon we plan to have more hot chocolate as we did in Burgos mmm can hardly wait.
Monday is a curious day in Spain with nearly all public buildings closed so it looks like some serious doing nothing is on the agenda for the rest of the day. As I am babbling on Nikki is investigating places to stay along the way, she is a whizz on the computer, lucky old me!!