Post by Wynette: We’ve been so busy today. Haven’t stopped to write a blog post and now it’s past time for bed. We only walked 4.5 miles today and that includes the 1.5 mile round trip (way up the hill and back) to the grocery store. We are staying down by the cute little port. When we asked about a grocery store here, our hotel owner shook her head, pointed up, and said “arriba”.
The hike from O Vicedo was short and enjoyable despite being colder than usual, i.e., very cold. The weather today was nuts. We have had back and forth sunshine, heavy rain, cold high wind all day. Rain, sun, rain, sun, rain, sun, … constantly.
My right ankle is hurting some. Also right hip and right knee and right big toe. (I’m a mess, right-side speaking.) I’m taking tomorrow off from hiking, hoping it’ll be better by Saturday. We’ll stay here in Porto do Barqueiro tomorrow night. Charlie plans to hike out to a lighthouse tomorrow, about 12 miles round trip. His destination is the furthest north point of Spain and also where the Cantabrian sea ends.
We got a great little hotel here for 35 euros a night (5 euro discount for staying two nights). Large spacious room, great view of the port, good beds, very hot water, spotlessly clean, friendly family that own it.
We met a nice couple today from California, also hiking the Ruta de Cantábrica, staying at our hotel, too. They are doing this with the help of a travel agency and there was a mixup about whether dinner was included in their reservation. They didn’t speak any Spanish and the hotel people didn’t speak any English so the hotel owner came to me, as we were just finishing lunch, and asked if I’d help translate. That was fun and intense. They finally got the mixup sorted out.
At low tide we walked down to a little rocky beach on the edge of the town and couldn’t believe all the sea glass amidst the rocks.
