Keith did get a pretty good night’s sleep last night, but will be staying another night in Frómista as he modifies the contents of his pack and has an extra day of rest to see if the cold will back off some. He did eat a full meal this evening for dinner—which is a good sign—and enjoyed walking around the “village” checking out the historical features.

The Church of St. Martin is a Romanesque church that dates back to the 11^th century. And the Church of San Pedro (St. Peter) was started in the 15^th century and has a Renaissance facade designed by Juan de Escalante. The Church of San Pedro is directly across the street for the Hostal San Pedro where Keith has been staying these last few days. (See pictures below)

Keith ran into the Texan trio again and they’d decided for the 3^rd member that has been struggling—they’d send that person’s pack ahead via some method of transportation and he’d walk without a pack to see if he was able to continue that way. Maybe one of these days we’ll all find out if he did. Sure hope so.

Earlier today he was on his phone typing someone a message and heard a familiar clanking noise then realized that it was a sheep’s bell. He walked out and about three-quarter of a block away he discovered someone driving a flock of sheep through a narrow street in town. He said there were a lot of tourists (including him) taking pictures. I told him that I imagine the shepherd was probably thinking, “Seriously, people! They’re sheep!”

In related animal news, he also shared a story from two days ago when he was walking along an 18th century canal & dam. He had sat down on a bench (he hadn’t seen one for days and was real happy to find it) to rest and he had a sandwich that he just wasn’t up to eating, but was attracting bees. Since he couldn’t face eating it–he decided to toss it in a nearby garbage can. Then he stepped away to take a picture. He turned back when he heard a noise and there was this evilish, cute in a benji-ish-sort-of-a-way dog. He was sniffing the garbage can. He couldn’t reach into the can so he grabbed the edge of the plastic garbage bag, pulled it out, got the sandwich in his mouth, then ran off for a couple blocks before starting to eat it where it wouldn’t make a mess next to the can. Keith thought that he was pretty smart not to leave a mess near his restaurante.