Friday, October 15, 2021

Fourth update on pilgrimage 2021

 Hello, everyone. 

We left our hostel in Oviedo, Hostal Fidalgo, abefore sunrise but but there was light enough. t a couple minutes past 8 in the morning.  It was around 30 minutes before sunrise but there was light enough to walk.  And getting to the edge of the city took about an hour, so it was easy to see when we got into the countryside.

We walked to Grado, around 25 km. The walk went through some beautiful little valleys. We enjoyed seeing the rivers with water so clear you can count the stones on the bottom.

High points: ate jamon bocadillo at about 10:30 for breakfast at a little bar en route. The trail was much less difficult than the first three days of the Salvador. We were able to look up from the next step and see things...there were still places that were either uphill or downhill with enough steepness that we slowed down to prevent falls. About 5 km before the end we found a bar-albergue that looked new and very nice. We stopped for a drink because we were thirsty and hot. (Hot means something different when carrying a pack up and down hills, I doubt it got far past 70F the whole day.) That place was called Villa Palatina i think. 

The weather was beautiful, starting out around the low 40s F and getting up to maybe 72F. We wore layers of course, and gradually got down to walking in our shirts. 

We stayed at the Albergue Quintana in Grado. This building began as an old Iniano house. The present owners bought and fixed it up. They have a small bar, too, so if a tired pilgrim is thirsty he doesn't have to wander the town in search of refreshment. 


This is the amazingly beautiful chandelier light in the pension room we stayed in. The whole place is beautiful.

That was all for yesterday. 


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