We’re calling today a rest day because we only walked 11 k. We feel a bit like slackers and our friend Craig from Nottingham, England confirmed this as he kept walking. That’s him on the right with Tom and Dennis from Canada.
We’really staying in an Albergue attached to a very nice hotel and the guide books say you need to plan on doing nothing because there’s nothing else in this village (population 200). The hotel was right next to this beautiful church.
The grounds were beautiful and the room was nice with no bunk beds – that’s always a plus. Dinner was also one of the best we’ve had because of the connection to the hotel.
With not much else to share, we thought we’d give a snapshot of a day in the life of a peregrino.
Each day we wake between 5:30 – 6:00am and sneak out of the room so we don’t wake the other peregrinos. We pack our backpacks and head out to breakfast at a local bar (most restaurants are simply called bars) where we have the most delicious cafe con leche and some type of pastry. We then walk in the dark until the sun comes up around 7:30am but it’s getting later every day. We then stop for our second cup of cafe con leche if we can by 9am or so.
We stop about every 8 k to take off our boots and socks and give our feet a break. Lunch can be anywhere between 11am and 2pm . If it’s earlier we call it our 2nd breakfast ?
When we arrive at our destination we check in and have our credentials stamped.
At the Albergue we unpack, make up our beds, shower then do our laundry. This could be by hand or sometimes we have the luxury of paying to have it done.
After laundry we explore whatever town or city we’re visiting. We’re usually starving from the walk so we have tapas or pintxos to hold us over until dinner. The locals take siesta from about 2pm til 5pm so we might nap during that time as well. This is usually when we work on this blog if the WiFi permits. After 5pm we go to the supermarcado for tbe next day’s supplies. Dinner is later than we’re used to at 7:30pm. After dinner we might stop for a glass of wine. Lights out is at 10pm and we get our rest to do it all again the next day. It’s a simple life that revolves around eating and walking but we’re enjoying meeting the terrific people from all over the world.