Post by Wynette: We weren’t up for walking 15 miles today. (Are you surprised?) But that was the distance to Faro, the next place with a place to stay after San Ciprián. So, hmmm. What to do? Call a taxi! Taxi driver named Angel took us 6.6 miles. Because of taxi we didn’t have to walk through a not-great stretch by the Alcoa Aluminum factory that keeps many in San Ciprián employed, including our young airbnb landlady. Angel only charged us 15. These low prices make me feel guilty.
We started walking at sea level by a little beach and soon we were high above the water. Today had a lot more up and down than we’ve had lately.
We walked a little over 8 miles. At that mileage we are always happy to get to our place for the night. Tonight’s is an especially nice one. We got here around 2 so lots of time to relax and enjoy it.
The drawback here is that the closest place to eat is a mile and a half round trip walk and the hotel owner thought it was closed on Monday anyway. Luckily we have one boiled egg, a little cheese, a little bread, an apple, some muesli, some nuts, and some chocolate. The hotel owner gave us a carton of milk and also served us coffee. So we’re doing just fine without our usual menú del día.
This part of your walk, as you said, is very pretty. I agree.
Learning/experiencing flexibility and feeling deep gratitude for all the expressions of grace from our hosts… great gifts of The Camino!!!!
This latest group of photos is beautiful- all that water. Seems like you have a view around every bend in the trail. Very much like paradise!