Day #4 cacabelos

Vineyards in the spring

View from Camino 

These Storks are frequently seen sitting in their massive nests on the top of poles in the center of villages. 

Houses for sale along the Camino in a small village. Location, location, location!

For Sale: "Quaint little cottage.  Needs love"

Lunch break!

Hey. We walked our 9.1 miles today to reach our hotel in cacabelos in 4.5 hours. We took our time with a picnic lunch and break. It's so much more relaxed knowing we have a hotel reservation. Ahhhhh...

We met some people from San Diego and they recommended a restaurant for dinner. At dinner we met a women from Holland and a couple from Australia. It's always fun to try to guess where people are from by their accents while you're ease dropping on their conversations ( they were at the table across from us). After the meal I asked them where they were from and that led into an hour conversation. It was so interesting. The Camino gathers people from all walks of life.  I'm sure we will see them again On the Way. 

But I wanted to share with you that the Australian women, Ruth, who was born a Canadian until she was 17, had a very thought provoking story. She was married with 2 daughters for 30+ years then her husband, Matt, had a devastating accident that left him a quadriplegic. A while afterwards, she met the guy she's with today , Ben.  Now they are together with her husband's approval--not divorced. They all get together for holidays. Matt has met another partner, too. Unusual , but It works for them. 

The Dutch woman is divorced and travels around the world on her own. She loves meeting new people and traveling. Her English is very good like most of the Dutch since they learn it in elementary school. 

Well Sam is asleep already, so I better sign off, too. We are walking 9 miles tomorrow and staying in a municipal hostel that has 30 beds in 3 rooms. It's the only accommodation in the city and we don't have a reservation. So that means we wake up and hit the road early to make sure we get a bed tomorrow night. 

We have noticed a lot less pilgrims at this time of the year. At first I thought we must be going the wrong way because where are all the other hikers?  We are alone most of the way!  The weather is beautiful at 70 degrees, sunny with no humidity. Perfect hiking weather. 

Oh, BTW. If you are ever in Cacabellos, Spain, DON'T go to the archeology museum...not worth it!  Nothin' but one room of broken pottery bits and pieces. We Learned that the hard way. 

Tomorrow we will walk to the village of Pereje. Thanks for going along with us!

Buenas Nochas. 

M & S