Wednesday 21 November 2012

Day 8: Rest day in Leon

A beautiful city established originally by the Romans as a garrison for its VII th Legion. The focus of our brief visit was a guided visit to the splendid Gothic Leon Cathedral. It is not as immense as the cathedral in Burgos.

Gothic Leon Cathedral
We also visite Antonio Gaudi's Casa de Botines a building designed and built for commercial purposes.This is one of the three buildings that Gaudi built outside of Barcelona.

Casa de Botines
Breakfast: coffee, bread
Lunch: chocolate, water
Dinner: Menu del Peregrino (fried shrimp, chicken, yogurt)
Daily Cost - €12.75 (coffee €1.00, wine €2.50, water+yogurt €2.25, dinner €7.00)