Astorga by bus then hike up to Rabanal

This will be a short report subject to later improvement as Leslie, the usual drafter of these notes, is exhausted after our climb to Rabinal just below the highest point on the Camino.
We rose at 4am to get checked out and catch the 6am bus from Leon to Astorga, arriving at 7am still in the dark. We saw the church designed by Gaudi and other points of interest as we walked through the sleeping town, stopped at an old church where an old priest greeted each pilgrim, had a coffee at Santa Catalina, lunch at Ganso, and ran out of water on the last 5 Km into Rabanal. Made it by 2pm and had a basic double room.
The local monks at the monestery have been chased out so no pilgrim mass or Gregorian chants. More on this later. Cute village.
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