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Some excellent wine was drunk, Mark!@Charrito buen Camino amigo one of these days we shall do it together!
Tomorrow, Laurie.Would love to hear about your day by day and where you stayed. @Charrito was it you who recommended the restaurant Birran in Ribadavia? It’s a little foodie but not too much. I had a great meal there. Outside the plaza Mayor near some porticos if I remember tight.
Do you mean the castle in Castro Laboreiro? That was the following day. My ankle was fine once it warmed up and I got walking.So sorry to learn about the sprained ankle. I was going to ask whether you had made it up to the castle, which is pretty phenomenal, but I’m sure you couldn’t do that with a sprained ankle!
My swollen ankle kept me away from doing any more walking that day, but next Thursday I'll be back there and will heed your advice!In Castro Laboreiro, as a detour, is worth it to visit the "Planalto" where there is the more important group of dolmens in the peninsula. There are very good views of Galicia from there. In the past the Portuguese said that Spain had moved the border to steal them a dolmen.
Oops, yes, Lobios was the place with the pretty good food in the little place at the intersection? Basically across the street from the hotel. I didn’t write down the name but I wonder if you ate there.Do you mean the castle in Castro Laboreiro? That was the following day. My ankle was fine once it warmed up and I got walking.
Yes that was probably the word I used, it is a sad place. But that spa is quite something, kind of like a fish out of water in its surroundings.We stayed in the Hotel Rústico Casa do Conde. It's the one redeeming feature of the small town of Cortegada (I seem to recall peregrina2000 describing it as 'triste'). Well, there is very little there, unless you want to head back down to the spa.
That would be Luma Grill. We tried to have something to eat there on the Sunday evening, but they told us that we would have to wait 45 minutes. We therefore crossed back to the Lusitano and had an excellent (and cheap) cheeseboard and a couple of glasses of wine.Oops, yes, Lobios was the place with the pretty good food in the little place at the intersection? Basically across the street from the hotel. I didn’t write down the name but I wonder if you ate there.
There were two workers also staying at the Casa do Conde. They are reforming the top floor, and it was touch and go whether we would have rooms available for this coming Friday, but they phoned me (they're on holiday in Cádiz!) to say that the work won't start until October.Yes that was probably the word I used, it is a sad place. But that spa is quite something, kind of like a fish out of water in its surroundings.
And I totally agree about Casa do Conde. Hard to imagine how they get enough business to keep going, though I did meet two people who were staying there during the week for work (on a nearby dam or electric plant?) so that probably helps quite a bit.
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