After a good night's sleep we got ourselves up and ready to go on the last day of the route. We tend to sleep later than most hikers, say 0700, which is nice for us as most others will have gotten up and left, leaving us to pack up with more space and not having …
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Are we there yet?
After our initial round of drinks at the bar closest to our albergue we headed out to find a market for food for the next day and for dinner. Simon had a relative recommend a Pulperia for the local specialty, pulpo. While it tasted fine, for me, having it once was enough. I did love …
Primativo to Frances
After a round of drinks outside on the albergue terrace we went inside for a communal dinner of seafood paella and wine. Delicious. We still didn't feel like calling it quits so we went to the cantina next door for a few pitchers of sangria. Our usual group of six that have been together for …
The Diviner
After cleaning ourselves up we strolled outside to a bar for drinks. Stephanie and I asked for gin and tonics and were amazed when the waitress brought all the glasses out and the entire bottle of gin! They are certainly generous in their portions as she filled half the glass and there was only one …
Down from the mountains
The usual suspects gathered as we headed out early this morning having our longest day yet in front of us, 30 km (19 miles) into the city of Lugo. We had our last day in the mountains and we're now heading into lower, more rolling hill terrain. Longer mileage but easier terrain than we've had. …
10 Km to coffee
We took our time getting up for breakfast and made sure to have our protein drink to power us for the day. We didn't have it yesterday and I lagged a bit at the end of the day. We set off from Fonsagrada with no coffee, which seems to be becoming the norm. Mandy said …
One week and walking
No small accomplishment considering the usual state of my ankles and feet. With braces on ankles and knees and an Aleve now and again, I'm continuing on. Some longer walks, some blissfully shorter ones now and again. The best part for me is meeting the people, hikers and locals. The hikers make it such an …
It’s all downhill
We were all up by 7, dressed and having a bit of breakfast, enjoying that we could make coffee, especially since I'd had none the day before.... That huge hike day not even caffeine powered! Chris came into the kitchen and we all broke out into a round of happy birthday, as we had learned …
The split decision
The albergue turned out to be exactly what I imagined for a Camino. The dormitory space had 24 of us in bunk beds, with boots and poles kept at the door. A number of us met at the bar for drinks before the communal dinner. The host was gracious to make special food for the …
There are no eggs!
Since we knew we were going to have a relatively short day we decided to meet at 8 for breakfast at the restaurant connected with the albergue. We had checked out the menu the night before and were excited to find most items had eggs included. So imagine our disappointment when we tried to order …
Redpath At Ease 