It was an easy walk to the town of Santo Domingo de la Calzada today along a winding gravel road. When I got to the town I first walked past some factories, one seemed to be a potatoe storehouse with the biggest pile of potatoes I have seen in my life and the next had piles of the red ceramic roof tiles commonly used on houses here in Spain. I eventually made my way to the cathedral. It is a very unique church because they keep a live rooster and hen inside.
The story according to my guide is something about a young German pilgrim travelling with his parents to Santiago in the 14th century and after refusing the advances of a maid has a silver goblet put in his bag. He is later caught and hung for theft. His parents then continue on the pilgrimmage, but when they return they find their son still hanging from the gallows and is alive. They go to the magistrate who tells them that their son is as alive as the roast chickens he is about to eat. The rooster and hen then leap from his plate and start to crow. After seeing this the German boy is released.Before continuing into Grañon I stopped in a pharmacy to get some advice on my red spots. It seems I have about a dozen bites from some sort of bed bug. I noticed a red patch above my left eyebrow Saturday morning in Viana which I dismissed as a careless application of sunscreen. However when I got to the hostel that evening the owner seemed quite concerned when he saw me because it had swollen. With some Benadryl all should be well in a few days.
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