Today was a series of hills that took us up into the mountains, then down, then up again. Beautiful views of mountains and hillsides along the way. Finished up with a loooong downhill that will continue for another 17 kilometres tomorrow.
At the end, we shared the trail with motocross and quad riders. It was surreal after so many days of walkers and bicylists!
We stopped today at a small and primitive alburgue in the valley. It had no running water but the staff were very friendly and provided free fruit, cookies and coffee. They also had the friendliest cats and dogs we have encountered in Spain. Most animals tend to be pretty skittish, reflecting the poor treatment they receive. These animals were just like our own. One cat cuddled up to Wendy and stayed there for 15 minutes, purring loudly.
We have hit the half way point of our time on the Camino. Like others, we sometimes find ourselves saying ¨What the hell are we doing out here?¨ However, after slogging along one arrives in a town, gets a bed, has a beer, gets showered, and eats. After that, a good sleep, one finds him/herself back on the trail and doing it all again for another day.
At our alburgue today is a Korean man who is walking the Camino for the third time. He did it last year and returned this year with his wife. The alburgue volunteer had actually walked some of the Camino with him last year, so both were pleased to renew acquaitances.
Wendy climbed her first mountain today ever and is very pleased she survived! Tomorrow we move on to Ponferrada, a city of 63,000 people. We may take a day off since we will have walked almost 110 kilometers in 5 days.
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