Last night we strolled down to the historic district filled with tourists and local families walking about as well as the international athletes.
As 21:00 approached the crowds really picked up. We stumbled onto a drum corp playing for a newly married couple.
Today’s walk will be close to 23K. We seem to be able to do these walks under 23K without much problems since we entered Spain which doesn’t have the cobblestones. We left at 6:45 and walked in the dark for an hour.
Chatting it up along the way with some guys from Perth (Australia) and a couple ladies from Brazil and a couple cafe stops helped the walk go by quicker. Seeing way too many peregrinos now that the coastal and central route have come together. You can usually see people ahead of you and behind you almost all day.
When we got to Caldas de Reis we stopped for lunch by a river cafe.
Afterwards we went food shopping at a “supermercado” to have something for dinner. We are staying at a home that rents out its 4 rooms upstairs with a shared bath/kitchen/terrace which is outside of the town.
“To my mind, the greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time, to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar it is taken for granted”….Bill Bryson
Are we there yet 🤩🤩