We passed through Ponferrada early this morning (May 14) and enjoyed a second breakfast in the shadow of the castle.
We continued on our way through the very poorly marked city and suburbs.
The nice thing about todays walk was that about each 2 KM there was a city where we could take a break, get a snack and a drink, and get out of the sun. In one city, a pair of women passed us with their horses. We had heard that people could ride on the Camino but we had never seen anyone on a horse or donkey. It was so much fun to talk to these two women and see their horses. They are from Australia and ride no more than 25 KM per day. They ride and walk and do 5 days on and 2 days off. They had come all the way from St. Jean and were going to Santiago.
We stopped for the day in Cacabelos and enjoyed an early dinner of pizza and beer with E, B and J.
We also got ice cream!!
That night in Cacabelos, we happened upon a wine festival that was going on all weekend. We bought a ticket that entitled us to 5 glasses of wine as well as a very cool wine glass. All of the wine at this festival was from local vineyards. There was a bagpipe band that provided some fun entertainment.
We are going to attempt to get our wine glasses all the way home (since its such a fun souvenir). I was feeling pretty good after 3 glasses of wine (we got one for free from the pair of sweetest ladies, 3 glasses was probably one too many) and we made our way back to the albergue. This albergue was situated around a church in a horseshoe shape. It was divided into small rooms with 2 beds in each room. It was quite possibly the strangest albergue and E referred to it as The Bastille.
Buen Camino!!
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