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alexwalker said:It is my 7th day of walking. I am in Villafranca de los Barros, 172 km. from Sevilla, in a great hostel (no albergue here).
http://www.casaperin.com
18 Euros, in a double room with the German fellow, with own bath. No sleeping bag: REAL beds.
On my first day, outside Italica, I met a German pilgrim, first-timer, on his first day. He hooked up with me. He had trained and was prepared. After 3 days, I told him he was faster and stronger than me so he should carry on in his own tempo. After all, one must do what oneself is able to. So he did, and off he went. At the end of the day he was waiting for me in the next village, and now he walks with me again, in my tempo. It is easy to crush your feet on the Camino.
Yesterday I was sharing a beer with an Irish at a cafe on the way. He turned out to be TMPColeman from this forum. Soon after, Runner62 from the forum (now 65 but still running pretty good) turned up, and we spent the night in the albergue in Zafra discussing the close family relationship between the Norwegian and English royal families (which they surprisingly had no clue about. Now they have.).
Just in after sharing another beer with TMPColeman. As he said, if you order enough beer (each come with a small tapas dish) you don´t need to buy food. What a great way to have a meal :lol:
Seriously, the hostel has a fair kitchen, so tonight it will be tuna and mussel fish soup, with onions and tomatoes as side dish, bread, and enough vino tinto to make us sleep for a very long night. Tomorrow´s etapa is 27.5 kms., and it will be warm.
I should mention that the de la Plata is crowded: 3 out of 6 nights the albergues have been completo (full). I thought I would walk here in solitude, but no way! It seems that the Camino Frances is completely overcrowded (so a hospitalera said), and pilgrims are escaping down to de la Plata. There is also more cyclists than normal, said a hospitalero. There are also gangs of taxigrinos, busegrinos, and other scum here who occupy beds.
I should mention, if you are here, that my hat is gone. I lost in at the airport in Oslo!! Otherwise, my beard, cross, and t-shirt (a gift from Rebekah in 2009) is in place.
Buen Camino!
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