Finally got off the desert on the Camino, and entered the city of Leon!
What a beautiful city filled with architecture beyond belief, one of the most beautiful cathedrals I’ve witnessed any place in any of the countries we visited and for the first time did a tourist scavenger hunt!
Typically, we’ve got extra time in the city of any substantial size. We will either take a walking tour or we will take the hop on hop off, trolley to see all the places and then get off the trolley and walk back to the places we found interesting.
Since we leave on the next leg of the Camino tomorrow, we decided not to take any chances and found a planned tour, which kind of forces you to find out things about every place that you stop; it was a new experience, but we promised each other will repeat when we can.
The highlight of the Leon‘s scavenger hunt was the cathedral of Leon! Lots of other stuff you’ll see, but I honestly don’t think I’ve ever seen as much stained glass,  León Cathedral has a frame which contains 130 windows, together with three large rose windows, a number which is only surpassed by the 176 windows of Chartres cathedral!
In addition, we found multiple examples of wonderful art and architecture including a bronze lion coming out of a sewer manhole!
Buen Camino!
