Day 15 A day in Burgos (2 April)

We decided to stay in Burgos an extra day. The hospitaleros said we would have to check out at 8 then come back at noon to get a bed. Happily we got a bed! As we had planned, we had tapas for dinner last night with Dieter and Maura. She left today to return to London, but she is planning to return to the Camino in the fall. We had a very good sleep last night. Well, except for the party that broke out in the street around 0430. We said farewell to Katherine (Austrian sister) and said farewell as she was leaving to walk on. Her sister, Andrea will be returning to Austria today. We said an emotional farewell to her. She was sad to leave the Camino and her sister but her kindergarten class will be waiting for her to return. We met Dieter in the lobby at 8 as we had planned, hoping he would stay an extra day with us in Burgos. He decided he was going to leave Burgos and walk a bit then find a single room to himself for the night. He needed to catch up on sleep and writing. Hopefully we will catch him in the next day or two. We walked over to the bar with him and had a coffee and croissant then went our separate ways for now. We did a bit of touring in the morning. Visiting the cathedral and the Saint Nicholas of Bari Church. The entire altar area was carved stone - not the usual wood and gold leaf we´ve seen so much of. We splurged on a delicious meal today. Went to a nice restaurant today (Casa Pena) on c/Calzado 7. We must have passed it on the way into the city today. Had the Morchilla, tomato and asparagus salads, lamb, bread wine and a delicious Tarta de la casa. On our way back to the albergue we ran into Rebecca and Ants, the young New Zealanders we met early on. It was great to see them. They were looking for the albergue so we walked them here and then met Becky in the common area! So glad to see her. One of the unique things about this Camino is that although we´ve only met these folks 2 weeks ago, it seems when we see them again that they are long lost friends. Cullen just checked the weather and he said snow is predicted for Burgos on Sunday. It´s a good thing we´re leaving on Saturday!