Day 16 : Burgos

Day 16 : Burgos, originally uploaded by raoul_dewinne.

We just got started this morning and after a few kilometers we already had a small celebration: our GPS indicated that we had achieved an accumulated magic 1000 km on this trip so far - a good reason to have a genuine Isostar toast :-)

Those who know me well should know that I would rather die than to give up my dreams, with one exception, I would give up for my honey... But having gotten this far my honey finally gave up the idea of giving up :-)) NOW we can start cooking with gas! Let's roll!



We needed some gas indeed since we climbed almost the entire morning. With La Pedraja, 1150 m @ 6%, we reached our highest point so far during this trip. Time for another Isostar party.



Lucky that we had all the climbing in the morning since by mid afternoon the sun was frying us again, although the weather forecast had promised lower temperatures for today, indeed today's 33 C is lower than yesterday's 35 C :-)



Burgos, the city that surprised us with its giant but stunning cathedral. Not a surprise that it is listed by UNESCO as World Heritage. It is one of the finest art monuments of Spain and even of Europe - for us it was the most awesome cathedral that we ever visited!



After 69.3 km biking and climbing you get pretty hungry and some tapas are a perfect way to survive till dinner time. We had an excellent dinner at 'El 24 de la Paloma' and although the Rodero in Pamplona still gets the prize for finest food so far, tonight's place gets the prize for best quality/price ratio.



So far, I've done pretty well in contenting my honey's fervent passion for gastronomy. Actually she doesn't worry that much about reaching Santiago and a straight-ticket-to-heaven since at this very moment, paradise for her is best described by a red Michelin guide. Thank you saint Michelin for doing a wonderful job for me :-)