We arrived in Madrid by 5:30 PM. Our first "buen Camino" was said to a young man from the Bahamas who was so very excited. He recognized the costume and approached us! The predicted population this year for the Camino Frances is just about the population of his entire country. Perhaps we'll encounter him again though I expect his pace will far outdistance him. 230,000 is the number we read. As with any statistic , this can mean a lot of things.
It's all so familiar; like coming home. The hoteliers recognized us from last year and when we went out to the Restairant Campanilla, the jovial owner remembered the baseball hats he had given us. The food was piled high including morcilla which is blood sausage. Big important tapa here and everyone is proud of their own creations. 
He also remembered that I'd written a Trip Advisor review last year. Hence we received more trinkets and were privy to one of his sexist Spanish sayings.
"The Spanish enjoy their women and wine "caliente."
No harm done. Easier to forgive when it's another country .
Off to sleep. We're meeting Anna and Eben tomorrow.
Jet lag recovery time.
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