The first part of the walk was HARD! Although we were going down hill this can be quite painful on the knees. The rain was heavy and cold but the hardest challenge walking 10km untill reaching a breakfast stop. The bar we stopped at was packed with unbreakfasted Pilgrims, the poor barman and his 80 year old mother seeming a little overwhelmed.
This was actually half our days walking done so after another 10km in less rain we reached our destination. Set slightly back from the road was the Albergue we were planning on staying in and filing past us from a coach up the road was hundreds of school children gathering in an almighty mass next to the Albergue. We carried on and found an Albergue with a few less teenagers although there was a couple that maybe could have done with staying in a hotel room.
Today I was reunited with the Korean Sonny who I had met on my second day. He has told me if I ever want to go to Korea I just need to ring him when I get to the airport and he'll come and pick me up. Korea here I come!
Christian made us a delicious dinner and we had a giant bar of Milka chocolate for pudding. We were joined by a Spanish guy who told us the route will get busy as the next town is the minimum distance (100km) from which you can walk a gain the compestella (Camino certificate). Also being the weekend those living in Spain may pop out for a couple of days of Camino walking.
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