Day 17: Calzadilla de la Cueza to Sahagún

I encountered perhaps slightly prettier walkways today, although there were still some long straight stretches between wheat fields, often paralleling roads
It is quite common to see quirky (usually metal) sculptures...
And murals on walls...
And cairns/memorials beside the path...
or shapes on the path...
But not often homes built under the ground
According to my Camino app, yesterday's hostal in Calzadilla de la Cueza showed more km already walked than was remaining, i.e. I was more than halfway to Santiago. According to a Dutch pilgrim this morning, he had worked it out, and Ledigos (which we were walking through at the time) was halfway. Later today I walked through an official-looking  construction marking halfway...
... and today in Sahagún I received a 'halfway Compostela' certificate from the Santuario de la Virgen Peregrina...
So take your pick about where halfway was, but I've definitely passed it now!

Sahagún has several old churches and monasteries being restored. They were originally built in brick, not stone
I quite liked what they had done to the Santuario de la Virgen Peregrina
Inside had a modern feel, but some of the old structure had deliberately been left exposed
Tonight I'm staying at a 'parochial' albergue, run by Marist priests and volunteers. The person doing the check-in paperwork was from Vanuatu!
Quite a few rooms, but only four bunks per room, which might mean a quieter night than some

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