Again we had a little mist in the morning but basically sunshine and a beautiful day walking about 24 KM with most of it being rolling hills, so total ascent was only 150 meters. (Heigels, rain is expected tomorrow so we might experience a bit of your Camino)
We got a late start this morning so while we left our room at Los Calbos (44€ with bath) at 8:30 we did not leave our first café and desayuno place until 9:30am. We did not arrive at our casa rural until 5:30pm, so only washed the bare essentials and have those hanging around the room. Tomorrow will be the 3rd walking day in the same clothes so tomorrow we have got to get to our destination earlier in the day so we can get some laundry done!
I (Leslie) don't know what it is with me right now but I keep reacting to bug bites. Last night we had sprayed ourselves with our bug spray and went to bed. I heard mosquitoes and hid under the covers so I thought I would be OK. Somehow I got bitten on my right eyelid and also just under my left eye so needless to say I needed an antihistamine and walked a little sightless for awhile. At this time my eyes are looking better so I am hopeful for tomorrow and thankful I never tripped on anything today!
The path today was mostly on pathways through the woods with wonderful shade. When we were on a couple of the altos (high points) where there were pine trees and in other areas blooming heather plants along with some small little yellow flowers that we don't know. Wonderful bird songs today to keep us company.
Today we did not see that many peregrinos other than the familiar hiking ones we know so this was nice. Many were having the pulpo (octopus) specialty which we tried as well. You need to go to a special Pulperia place that serves the octopus on wooden platters along with the white Ribeiro wine. We have arranged to meet with our Camino family in the Santiago square on Tuesday the 6th at 7pm.
From the high point a few days back at O'Cebreiro we have been primarily going down hill but the last few days will be basically flat but there a lot of ups and downs along the way and we have heard that these small river valleys can be more arduous than one would expect. There is no flat on the Camino!
We are now at a wonderfully restored 16th century noble house with 7 bedrooms. The hot water in the bath went on and on! Pazo de Sedor (55 €s with bath) has a swimming pool and also a paddle tennis court. There are apparently many noble casa rurals like this. A lot more soul than some of the places we have stayed in! We have a reservation in another casa rural for tomorrow night. We will call them (somehow) and they will pick is up from the Camino at a mile marker we say and take us back to it in the following morning.
We are now at about kilometer 44 from Santiago and walked through our first eucalyptus forrest of the Camino at the end of the day. We saw many robin like birds today along with some hawks.
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