Palas de Rei to Melide and then Arzua

Hello, everyone.  We've been a bit tired the last few days and posts need to be caught up.

We left Palas de Rei at around 7 as usual. We weren't in any rush because we had decided to split the Palas de Rei to Arzua stage into two halves. Melide, the town that has become synonymous with Pulpo a Feira (Galician style octopus) falls in the middle of the stage. It gives us two short, almost restful, days.

The only picture I took of Melide apparently, the bridge going into town.

We enjoyed some octopus and a restful half day before leaving in the morning. 

Jurassic style kale plants. They cut individual leaves off and allow the plant to continue growing. 

When the route marking people want to propose options--not to say confuse people--they set up two markers  at the branching point. 

 

We got into Arzua in the early afternoon.  We slept at O Santo, the albergue with ice cream cone sales at their front window.