DAY 27 To Cacabelos

We left the hotel this morning with fresh legs.  Albeit a late departure, we planned on walking to Villafranca del Bierzo.  I'm not really sure what happened, but after we stopped for lunch in Cacabelos my feet decided to stay.  We only walked 10 miles!  Maybe it was the fact that they have a nice hotel.  Ahead was an Albergue with lots of beds and snorers.  We are most likely facing Albergues the next three nights.  Hotel it is!

We found a bar that serves cheeseburgers.  A nice break from the usual bocadillas.  I keep forgetting that a lot of places insert a fried egg onto the burger.  I hit the warm, soft yolk on the first bite.  It exploded all over the table.  What a mess!  Vic was lucky, her egg was fried hard.  Oh well, it still tasted good.  Vicky has grown to like them with an egg on them.

We stopped at the little church to get our pilgrim credential stamped and were surprised by the inside of the building. See the pictures below.

We have consumed the chocolate we purchased in Astorga.  It was all delicious!  Vic's favorite was the orange chocolate.  Mine was whatever we we scarfing down at the time.  We have never had chocolate like that before.  I hope we can get some more while we are in Spain.  I would hate to have to take a bus back to Astorga on a chocolate run.

We are headed back into the mountains and I am uncertain about wifi.  We may be off the grid for a couple of days.  The steepest part of our walk will be O Cebreiro.  We will be there in two or three days.

Nothing but small towns and villages await.  Some of the Albergues have a reputation for serving only vegetarian meals.   Do people actually ponder what kind of wine to have with a vegetarian meal?Egad, what sort of cardiology hell are we entering?   My only lifeboat will be the two large chocolate bars I procured this evening.  Do not go gentle into that dark night!