The power wasn’t back on when we got up this morning. We had planned to get off an hour earlier than usual because a warm sunny day was predicted. But, the sun comes up late here in Spain. So, since we didn’t have lights, we got up at our usual 7:00 and it was still pretty dark outside. We packed with very little light and got off around 7:45 hoping we hadn’t left anything behind in the dark apartment.
We walked an hour or so and found an open bar for breakfast. They didn’t have electricity but their gas stove was working. We ordered eggs and bacon on toast from their menu and it turned out to be our usual fried eggs.
We walked another hour or so and found another open bar for coffee and …. they had electricity! The power was back. Yay!
Each of these bars were in tiny rural villages. It’s so great to come across them.
It was a nice walking day on the Camino. Pretty views, lots of small villages and dairy farms. At one point we got to walk through a small herd of cattle on the path. We had to walk right in the middle of them. My heart was racing but it’s always a fun thing to do. The herder at the end was laughing and joking with us.
We are staying in a private room in an albergue tonight (Albergue A Toqueira in As Seixas). We were relieved they had electricity. The owner told us they had to close yesterday. No lights, no running water, all the food going bad. They have a little bar/cafe and are the only place in town for food open today. We will have her menu del día for dinner tonight. She’s been working hard all day. We are sitting blogging just outside the kitchen. It sure smells good.
Hi Charlie and Wynette, I haven’t been following you daily as I’ve been preoccupied with my knee after having replacement surgery on the 17th. It’s going ok but now I have some sort of skin infection. Hopefully it will not sporead to the joint. I’m on a strong antibiotic so it should resolve soon. Now that I’ve caught up with your blog, i see that you’re having quite a good time walking the Camino Primativo. The scenery is very nice. I read about the power outage all over Spain and Portugal. Glad it’s now back on. I saw in one picture of Charlie that you are wearing gloves. Is that to protect your hands from the poles when walking everyday with them? or what? I’m sure you reallyt appreciate having your bags taken ahead to your next stop each day rather than carry them all that way. Very smart.
I had a very good time on my trip to Egypt last month but didn’t do the blog as we discussed. Too tired at the end of each day to do that. It was wonderful gliding along the Nile for 5 days as we traveled south to Aswan. Saw so many amazing temples and met with s0 many interesting people along the way. This tour had many encounters with locals doing interesting things. Farming, basket making , camel trading. I’ll share more when you’re home. Continue enjoying your walk. Best, Joe