29 December 2013

Day 23 - Astorga - Foncebadon

Today should have been a shorter day but we had resolved to walk the extra 5-6km to Foncebadon rather than stop at Rabanal.
By pushing ourselves today we would make the climb to Cruz de Ferro a little easier tomorrow.  Also we had booked a hotel in Ponferrada where we would stay two nights (I didn't want to walk on Christmas).

Everyday we pass many abandoned houses.


Today was no exception and we passed a few more.  This one appeared to be haunted!



The climb up to Foncebadon was OK, but once we got high enough we were above the clouds & it was two very hot (and one purple-faced) pilgrims that got into the town.  



As towns go, this was a real one horse town but there was a larger goat population!  


I think the town exists solely for pilgrims.


Andrew wondering what his next move should be!


The Albergue was great though and we had a fantastic meal with three others, a Korean, Japanese & an Italian (walked into a bar?)

Dinner was penne pasta & a tomato based sauce.  A Galician soup & fried pork fillets, cheese & eggs.

The Italian guy was very friendly but had virtually no English.  As we were to discover he was a bit of a fanatic too.  Regularly doing 45K days!

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