409 kilometersrill we reach Santiago de Compestella (more than half-way there).
We left Llames via the coastal variant, a walk that went on a cliff side path along the coast. The weather was beautiful as were the views. We just couldn’t get enough of the sea, the rocks, the lush green landscape and of course, the cows. We met a young Italian couple who were walking the Camino in sandals as they heard it was better for their feet. We were happy with our Hoka trail runners, especially me as I frequently trip and am sure I’d stub my toes more than usual in sandals.
We walked along the cliffs as far as Poo where we stopped for coffee and a tortilla. We then continued inland a bit – still with glimpses of the sea thru Celerio, Barrio and Naves. We walked again thru pastures near the coast where we stopped to ear our lunch. At one point we lost the train and a man saw us from the distance and called out to us in Spanish “Camino Santiago while pointing us the the right direction. This actually happened to us several times. The locals are very happy to show us the way. Our destination was Ribadesella which was a total of 30 plus kilometers. This is pushing it for us so we decided to shave off a few kilometers and caught a train near the end of the day. We met a mother and her son from San Diego at the train station who had the same thought as us.
we arrived in Ribadesella and headed for our Pensión. It was quite unique. It was a group of tiny homes or individual rooms built into the hill in the old town. Very cool. We did our usual Landry and showers (and nap for one of us) and headed out to check out the town. It was split y a river with a mountain backdrop and very pretty. There were lots of shops, bakeries and traditional Austrian food. It wad several beautiful promanades along the water and a large besufptuful beach the promanade on the beach was lined with brpeautiful “Indians” style homes. I’m sure it gets quite busy in the summer. After checking out the town we headed for dinner and had our first “chop salad” and I had the traditional Fabada, a bean stew with sausage. We struggle with the menus here. Google translate often translates the items in away that has no meaning to us. But “chop” salad and potata con tres salsas we understand. The 3 sauces with potato usually includ cabreles cheese cause, spicy tomato sauce and mayo with garlic. Of course John always asks for ketchup. 😊
