hola.  arrived in madrid with no problems and booked into the Emparado hotel.  lovely to have a good sleep.  our last night in the barn we felt like we were being blown off the hill...huge winds and rattling windows.  the baby lambs were bleating all night long.

got our bus yesterday to astorga and spent the afternoon wandering the town visiting the museums.  met our first pilgram <<´lola<<<<<<< who gave us <<lots of advice>> bu tmost of all to keep a pilgims attitude...that it´s not a race.  she was up and out by 7 racing towards her next town :).  our day was leisurely with a detour to a beautiful little town with a flush toilet just in the nick of time.  first manifestation of the Way :).

will try to up load a photo...buen camino

ps no luck with that....there is quite a process to get photos from the phone to the computer. no time at the moment.  just imagine snowy peaks in the distance and gently rolling red clay hills behind us.  it is very green with the leaves just popping.  there was frost on the ground this morning leaving Astorga but now lovely and warm up against the stone wall at the albergue.