Today ended up being a long, hot day. Projected walk was 18km but turned out to be substantially longer. The Palacio de Arce was lovely, simple rooms and a great kitchen, slept reasonably well, still adjusting to time zone. After a solid breakfast out the door slightly after 9:00am. Mostly not very attractive walking but a couple nice sections. The whole day on pavement. Got into Santanilla Del Mar just before 4:00pm, so that made for at least 6 hours of actual walking. This town is all cobblestones and apparently a big local tourist draw. I’m staying at the Parador. Paradors are restored historic buildings run as fancy hotels, a little old and creeky but very nice! After washing clothes in the sink and a nice shower it was out to check out the town a little. Because it is all cobblestones and tourist stores not that much to see. Hopefully tomorrow will be cooler. I have some serious chafing going on that makes things a touch uncomfortable! Invariably when you have these super long uncomfortable days, you start to think: whose idea was this anyway? Then you realize, a lot of things in your life are pretty much the same, self inflicted hassles that you didn’t say no to, or just chose to immerse yourself in! 29,000 steps.