Leaving Ponferrada early in the morning we are greeted by a chorus of birds. The birds are noisy in Spain but also interesting.
Take the stork for instance, the bird at the very top of the nest. We see storks everywhere. Storks like to build nests on top of a church or a bell tower or a silo - not a tree. Why is that? Some towns build special poles so the storks will build nests on those instead of buildings. How do they get the stork to build a nest there? These are all good questions for Grade 3/4 students!!
Poppies were everywhere today. What special day in Canada is the poppy used as a symbol?
Another beautiful rest area on the way to Villafranca. Hey, did you notice the Camino pack is back on the trail? My leg is good and we are set for the rest of the walk into Santiago de Compestella.
The vineyards and farmland are surrounded by mountains which provides great scenery while walking.
As we were walking into Villafranca four Australians marched through the town singing "Sweet Caroline". They were moving fast to find a place to sleep.
Here is the view from our window.
There are three ways to walk out of Villafranca - hard, harder, and madness! The harder route looks like fun. Over the hill and through the woods to Ruitlan we go!! It was very steep at the beginning and then became more like rolling hills. The walking was strenuous today but it was a good path to take since it overlooked the valley and you could see forever.
Sometimes you have to make your own rest areas. Here we are having lunch on a bridge.
After lunch we continued
to follow the river into Ruitlan. Your class shell and I are having fun and seeing many new places. Are you ready for the last two weeks of the journey?? Then it is back to North Battleford. 
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