Half way there

I have found it is hard to find the time to update my blog. Here is why. This is an example of my daily schedule.
We wake up around 5:00am,  I usually sleep in the clothes that I will be waring the next day on our hike. I spend about 10 minutes treating my feet with vasoline, medicated lotion, compeed ( blister preventer), ibobrofin gel ( keeping close attention to tendonitis) then wrapping my feet to reduce swelling. Then we put our socks and boots on, and grab a café con leché with a cressant. Around 5:45, 6:00, we start walking, up to 20 miles a day sometimes. I am finding that 12 to 15 miles is a better distance for me. After that, my feet are screaming for a rest.
We are in the meseta area of Spain. It is mainly flat, dry and not very much to look at. In fact, sometimes I feel as if I am in Texas. Since it is more flat, we try to cover more distance, but then there is the heat factor.
We then arrive to our destination village around 2:00, 3:00pm. From here, we find the Algergue we are staying in, we get our camino card stamped and we find ourselves to our dorm room. We immediatly take a shower and after that we hand wash our clothes. At this point, it's about 4:00pm, and now we have free time to write in our journals, e-mail, take a nap, etc. Around 7:00pm, it is dinner time. We are served a pilgram dinners which include bread and wine, and 3 courses.
After dinner, we organize our packs, check and see if our clothes are dry, brush our teeth and by 9:00,we go to sleep ( with ear plugs for all the snorners in the dorm).
It is very systematic, but beside all this, we continue to meet extraordinary people on this hike. For example, this evening, Valerie and I had wine with Fabio from Italy. An older gentleman who also left his family behind to take this journey. I always learn something from the conversations I have with the people I meet. Tonight, Fabio talked about tranquility. He wanted to get away from everyday pressure and just, "take it easy". We toasted to tranquility tonight, and I will always remember that toast with Fabio from Italy.