We want to start by wishing Francois a belated Happy Birthday. We know it was yesterday but we had no internet facilities then.
Also very important, all the very best of wishes to Teresa and Sean on their upcoming wedding day. May it be the most beautiful in every way and may it bring you both, health, wealth and happiness.
We got up later than usual and decided to take our time since Danielle had not been to well during the night. Our stuff was scattered all over the room so by the time we finished getting ready, it was about 8:30. We had breakfast and hit the road by 9:oo. It was not clear as to where we had to pick up the Camino so, after going around in circles for a while, we asked a few people and they all steered us in the same direction. The long straight road leaving Ponferrada went on for miles and miles, always on sidewalks which hurt Bernie´s shins, up to Fuentes Nuevas a distance of 8 kms. It then started to improve passing through vineyards (we are back in wine country) all the way to Camponaraya and finally Cacabellos, a further distance of 8 kms. We decided to stop eventhough 18 kms was not a full day but by now, it was already 1:30 and to go on, we would have had to walk for another 2 hours making it too long a day. The Albergue we stopped in is quite interesting. It is built like a long curved motel with many two- bed rooms. The washing and drying facilities are good and the showers with hot water and toilets very clean. The town is quite interesting and a lot of effort seems to be made to renovate a lot of the older buildings and even build new facilities. There are lots of storks in the area and they occupy all the belfries and every other high point available. Today, getting here, we even saw a stork nesting on a crane that was in use at a construction site! Needless to say, that was another picture in our collection of stork pictures. The villagers here like having them around for good luck. In another day or so, we will be faced with the extremely steep climb of El Cebreiro which goes from 600 to 1400 metres. It is suggested to have your bag transported during that leg. We are getting quite close now to the end of this odessy, less than 200 kms of the 800, to our destination of Santiago. Our feet are looking forward to finishing. A demain tout le monde.
Also very important, all the very best of wishes to Teresa and Sean on their upcoming wedding day. May it be the most beautiful in every way and may it bring you both, health, wealth and happiness.
We got up later than usual and decided to take our time since Danielle had not been to well during the night. Our stuff was scattered all over the room so by the time we finished getting ready, it was about 8:30. We had breakfast and hit the road by 9:oo. It was not clear as to where we had to pick up the Camino so, after going around in circles for a while, we asked a few people and they all steered us in the same direction. The long straight road leaving Ponferrada went on for miles and miles, always on sidewalks which hurt Bernie´s shins, up to Fuentes Nuevas a distance of 8 kms. It then started to improve passing through vineyards (we are back in wine country) all the way to Camponaraya and finally Cacabellos, a further distance of 8 kms. We decided to stop eventhough 18 kms was not a full day but by now, it was already 1:30 and to go on, we would have had to walk for another 2 hours making it too long a day. The Albergue we stopped in is quite interesting. It is built like a long curved motel with many two- bed rooms. The washing and drying facilities are good and the showers with hot water and toilets very clean. The town is quite interesting and a lot of effort seems to be made to renovate a lot of the older buildings and even build new facilities. There are lots of storks in the area and they occupy all the belfries and every other high point available. Today, getting here, we even saw a stork nesting on a crane that was in use at a construction site! Needless to say, that was another picture in our collection of stork pictures. The villagers here like having them around for good luck. In another day or so, we will be faced with the extremely steep climb of El Cebreiro which goes from 600 to 1400 metres. It is suggested to have your bag transported during that leg. We are getting quite close now to the end of this odessy, less than 200 kms of the 800, to our destination of Santiago. Our feet are looking forward to finishing. A demain tout le monde.
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