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19 April 2013<\/p>\n

Arrived in Leon after a relatively 18 km walk, made only slightly tiring by the fact that much of it was on city sidewalks.<\/p>\n

This is a fantastic city, probably my favourite so far other than Pamplona. Narrow, crooked streets, bursting with life and song and commerce.<\/p>\n

The cathedral is glorious. There\u00b4s an audio tour, of course, but unlike Burgos, they haven\u00b4t turned it into a museum cum tourist attraction. The liturgies are obviously still held in the main part of the church (again, unlike apparently Burgos), with every portion fulfilling its intended function. Not so grand or large as Burgos, it is nevertheless more harmonious and serene. <\/p>\n

And the windows! Light pouring in through jeweled windows, in harmony and balance. Just joyful.<\/p>\n

Speaking of joyful… Francine has arrived!<\/p>\n

We checked into our one and only hotel for the trip – connected to and run by the Benedictine convent next door..<\/p>\n

A big farewell to my Camino family, with drinks and dinner, as tomorrow we will take a bus for a bit so that Francine\u00b4s first day walking isn\u00b4t through the industrial and suburban blah.<\/p>\n

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19 April 2013 Arrived in Leon after a relatively 18 km walk, made only slightly tiring by the fact that much of it was on city sidewalks. This is a fantastic city, probably my favourite so far other than Pamplona. Narrow, crooked streets, bursting with life and song and commerce. The cathedral is glorious. There\u00b4s an audio tour, of course, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-camino"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1aGBK-fIL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":83959,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/one-year-ago-leon-and-francine\/","url_meta":{"origin":60435,"position":0},"title":"One Year Ago: Le\u00f3n and\u2026 Francine!","author":"Thom","date":"19 April 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"(from my journal) Le\u00f3n 19 April In Le\u00f3n after a relatively easy 18km walk, made only slightly more difficult by the fact of walking on sidewalks for much of it. 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