Wynette: We only walked a little over 5 miles today. It was either that or 11 miles and it seems lately my poor right foot can only go 6 or 7 miles without serious protest. I can push it another 2 or 3 miles but those are quite painful. We thought we’d not push too hard for a few days and maybe this thing will get better. So we are taking things one day at a time and not worrying about the future i.e. whether or not we make it to Santiago. We are staying in a charming albergue/hotel, La Pata de Oca, in tiny town of Torres del Rio. Just had a good lunch (la comida) at Casa Lili Restaurant. Best cooked salmon I ever had and fresh mixed salad (ensalada mixta) and rice pudding and water: the menú del día, all for 10 euros. That would have included wine if we had wanted it. It also included French fries (patatas fritas) which I tried very hard to ignore. Every menú del día meal seems to come with patatas fritas. It’s great when we can stop in time to have big meal early afternoon and then have a tiny supper in our room (fruit and cheese and chocolate or something like that).
