The Camino Diaries, Week Three: On the Desolate Meseta, a Little Slice of Heaven
Outside the village of Itero de la Vega, the outline of the Ermita de San Nicolas appears like a mirage floating on the dense fog, welcoming the wet, cold, and weary travelers — whose feet are about to be washed.
On my second day crossing the dreaded Meseta, the long stretch of dry desolate fields between Burgos and Leon in central Spain, the rain starts. After a score of warm, sunny days, the temperature drops into the 50s, and the wind howls across the plain.
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