13th day / Atapuerca - Burgos

we slept in this morning knowing that our walk was short since we walked farther yesterday. after breakfast of a cola cao and croissant we left the village of atapuerca at 10:15 am. we walked with our friend andrea to burgos. he has taken to nicole as a teacher, and i like watching them interact. he told us that when we are in another country we should try to speak their language, yes, this is true. and i have not been responsible in this area, next year will be different when i return. our walk started with wind, dark clouds threatening to rain as soon as we started walking. nicole added that yes, it will rain very soon! it took awhile but indeed it wasn´t long before it started to rain. andrea and i stopped, nicole already had her rain jacket on but we needed to put ours on. it seemed another day where my jacket went on, then off, then on, then off until finally i could not stand the heat of the jacket anymore and just took it off. somewhere along the way i found a field of poppies (my favorite flower in spain) and wanted a picture with me in the center of the flowers. so there i was again, very happy, being close to the flowers that bring me so much pleasure; the other flower i love is for it´s essence: the tiger lily that is pink - i can´t think of it´s proper name. we came upon a woman who was from madrid and started walking in roncesvales, she sang us a wonderful little song from her childhood about bringing the sunshine when it is raining. after singing that song we sang singing in the rain by gene kelley arm in arm and skipping. the day was spent walking and nothing much to report. we need to get a room for the night still and make a phone call to our loved ones so they know we still exist. mcuh love to everyone - life is good, AriZona