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Back at 20.00 for dinner. Lovely music and atmosphere and food...
Thank you! Much appreciated. I try to read the paper every day but such input as yours is invaluable.@filly, I know that you are already past Leon but I want to say that I've edited my previous post #65 about the duration of the restrictions on mobility in Leon to add that the restrictions have now been prolonged: desde las 00.00 horas del día 21 de octubre de 2020 y mantendrá su eficacia durante 14 días naturales.
Nevertheless: a cautious Buen Camino!
Thank you for your kind words, @filly. And thank you even more for your reports and photos. Now that I have seen your photos I regret that we didn't visit the radio museum in Ponferrada. I noticed it as it was close to where we stayed and directly opposite the castle.I try to read the paper every day but such input as yours is invaluable.
Sorry! I am not great at editing etc and hence photos are not always in correct order and do not tally closely with my meagre commentary.@filly, I'll make a note of not only the museums you visited but also the places where you ate and what you had in case I ever walk or travel along the Camino Francés again. We had a nice meal in Ponferrada but further up the road from O Mirador and without the view and without the fancy presentation. What is the building in the first photo? I don't recognise it.
Edited to add: I do recognise it now. The building is not in Portomarín, it's the monastery outside Sarria.
Erratum - my meal was in Portomarin today at O Mirador. At Ponferrada I only ate in the ‘new’ town. (I meant to have dinner one night at La Fabrica restaurant in the Fabrica de Luz/Museo de energia - looked good and chilled!)Sorry! I am not great at editing etc and hence photos are not always in correct order and do not tally closely with my meagre commentary.
You are correct - Monasterio de la Magdalena at the western end of Sarria.
Several European countries are now considering a fast lockdown, FYI. Stay safe.In Arzua at Los Tres Abetos albergue right opposite as you hit the ‘high street’. Best value Euro 12 to date. Swiss ship-shape and great host to boot. Looks too snazzy and designery from the outside to consider... but stay HERE and go to the recommended hostelry to eat ‘parrillada’.
Raining again..
Lockdown now imposed 23.00 to 06.00 Time to ho back to London and one’s own reality.
Thank you Ivar for alerting me to the unfolding situation and thus prompting me to an earlier flight.
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Several European countries are now considering a fast lockdown, FYI. Stay safe.
While I am wondering whether @filly will walk the 40 km from Arzua to the Cathedral in one fell swoop, whether he will manage to keep warm and dry - one weather forecast I quickly looked at said 4 ºC in the morning in Galicia where @filly is, with mostly cloudy and a little rain, then cloudy with a little rain late, then periods of rain. Ah, the variety of autumn weather in GaliciaJust wondering the safe way free from COVID-19 in Europe is to keep walking on the camino?
I am also wondering about this: go to the recommended hostelry to eat ‘parrillada’ in Arzua. I am embarrassed to admit that I walked hundreds of miles through Northern Spain, with a clear interest in trying out local dishes - I had eel for the first time in my life in the form of fillings in an empanada in Portomarín (got the name of the town right this timeJust wondering the safe way free from COVID-19 in Europe is to keep walking on the camino?
Congratulations! Well done. ENJOY!!!Made it! Cold and grim weather.
Parador made an offer price I could not refuse! Seemed the ultimate treat to stay in the original hospital.
More tomorrrow...
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Am desperately trying - and failing - to look uninterested and not jealous in the slightest.Parador made an offer price I could not refuse!
Made it! Cold and grim weather.
Parador made an offer price I could not refuse! Seemed the ultimate treat to stay in the original hospital.
More tomorrrow...
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Well done!Made it! Cold and grim weather.
Parador made an offer price I could not refuse! Seemed the ultimate treat to stay in the original hospital.
More tomorrrow...
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While I am wondering whether @filly will walk the 40 km from Arzua to the Cathedral in one fell swoop, whether he will manage to keep warm and dry - one weather forecast I quickly looked at said 4 ºC in the morning in Galicia where @filly is, with mostly cloudy and a little rain, then cloudy with a little rain late, then periods of rain. Ah, the variety of autumn weather in Galicia.
Tell me about it! We walked in Galicia in late October/early November. The rain was cold and there was even a day with hailstones, thunder and lightening and a storm that had felled some of the eucalyptus trees during the previous night, right were we walked - unforgettable of courseThe weather on the camino in late Oct is not pleasant
Visiting and/or drinking and/or eating at the Reis Católicos is very high on my list of things to do when (not if!) I visit Santiago the next timeMaybe some of us could also afford a meal as well as a drink!!
I was under the impression that the two stamp requirement only applied to the last 100 km, not to the full Camino if one walked farther. That would make it 2 daily stamps over the final week or so. Has that changed?This was in due course ignored by the giver of Compostellas, who reprimanded me for not having 2 daily stamps over two months...
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