The Menu of the Day ( common along the Camino) includes a choice of beverage, appetizer, entree, and desert. This meal was €14
Menu of the Day
September 4, 2021: Lunch in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port
October 9 Dinner!
October 5 Camponaraya Potatoes Anyone?
Just a side note: When I retired a year and a half ago, I couldn’t walk 1.5 miles without a break or two if any incline was involved. So I started walking. And walking. I have no idea what kind of weight loss this trek will do, but with the walking and very little attention to caloric intake, I was down about 40 pounds before I left. Persistence and consistency. In very small increments. And I can do this. I don’t go as far or as fast as I would have at 62, but 72 is doing it.
October 4 Molinaseca Here comes soup.
October 4 Rabanal del Camino This day requires some energy
I don’t usually have breakfast before I leave, but they had a good option and this day requires some energy.
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October 3 Rabanal del Camino Arrival
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| Part of the last two kilometers into Rabanal |
I’ve arrived in my “tonight” village. Lodging is down the street. As in THE street. I am barely in the village and hanging outside a bar/Mercado. 14 days to Santiago. That includes two rest days. There’s a mountain in there, folks. I’m finishing day 27 today.
The dirt trail was a welcome change!
October 3 El Ganso
At least I know what a cheese sandwich is. I won’t starve or end up with anchovies…
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October 1 Hospital de Orbigo The Quest for Sticks
The quest for sticks. The blue donated sticks were broken. I didn’t want to hang out in Astorga for shops to open, so decided to buy sticks in Villadangos, where I was to start my walk today.
So, I bussed backwards to Villadangos, passing the village of Hospital de Órbigo on the way.
Turns out, there are no sticks to buy in Villadangos.
And I didn’t want to walk 11 km without sticks, being sensitive to my knee and back. They would’ve been unhappy.
The closest place to buy sticks is Hospital de Órbigo. Remember, I’d just gone through there on the bus. So, I bussed back to Hospital de Órbigo.
For those of you keeping track, this is the village where my lodging is tonight. And hopefully, where my bag will catch up with me. Ordered breakfast to ponder the situation.
Some pictures taken through the day…
September 30 Astorga Hotel Gaudi
