Today I woke up to a chilly six or seven degree weather. The virtue in Puebla is that this usually lasts just a couple of weeks at most, and it will quickly warm up as our position on the earth faces the sun. It is not worth insulating the house in order to install efficient heating. Family members tend to congregate the room and it because warm not only physicially but emotionally. But, when you enjoy your solitude, how should you warm up?

I took refuge in the kitchen. I grabbed my blanket and nailed it to the door frame, because the kitchen has no door. I boiled some potatoes and made a makeshift sauna. Memories of the camino arose, and I felt compelled to share.

I was in a small kitchen in a freezing, ruined albergue in Poladura de la Tercia, in a very similar situation as now: cold without means of heating