We had a community dinner with the albergue owner Paulo, his wife, Anya (Holland), and a cyclist Kristen (Germany). Kristen is cycling the Camino in the opposite direction. We all had the best night sleep so far. We got started a bit late at 7:15..
Today’s walk is a hilly 26K day. Many steep climbs today. We did run into a bunch of peregrinos we know at cafe stops. Those stops are necessary for us to get off our feet and also to have some laughs.
You find shade wherever you can find it. We stopped off at the public washing station in one town to take a break. We are seeing more of these now.
We finished our walk around 3:45 and we are smashed. The last 5K really was a grind. No accommodations in this area but a hotel. We prefer albergues but when you’re really beat up it’s nice to have your own room. We are also finding out now we are missing some sock liners and my shirt. All the clothes were taken off the clothes line when it rained 2 days ago and there were clothes hanging everywhere under cover trying to get dry and we somehow missed them. Lesson learned. We head to Porto tomorrow and will have a rest day which now will turn into a clothes shopping day. Yeah!
“Wherever you go, there you are….Confucius
Amazing. Make sure you stretch those Achilles out. #jetlife