Skipping!!

In order to get to Burgos on time we skipped over two legs of the journey. We picked them because the description indicated that we would be walking near the highway again. We took the bus/coach from the Estacion de Autocar in Logrono to Santo Domingo de la Calzada. It is a relatively small town; it's bus station is just a bus shelter.

The old centre us quite lovely with a very old church and a good alberge. The village's claim to fame is a 'miracle'. Hundreds of years ago a German family was walking to Santiago. A local girl thought the son was great but when he rejected her afvances, she hid something valuable in his pack and accused him of theft. The penalty was death by hanging. The judge would not release the body so the family continued to Santiago. On their way back they saw the son hanging from a tree but he was still alive! They asked the judge for him and the judge said, "Your son is no more alive than these chickens on our plates." With these words the chicken the judge and his friends were eating morphed into live chickens and flew away. The result? All kinds of click end and roosters and a pair that live in the church.


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Location:Santo Domingo de la Calzada