Friday, April 19, 2013

Day 29: Portomarin - Melide(40 kms)

We leave  8 am and first have breakfast.  It is another nice and sunny day. Puffy white clouds drift on the horizon.  We cross the river and follow a trail up the side of Portomarin through pine forests.  The trail then follows by the side of the road for about 8 kms or 2 hours until Gonzar where we have a sporstsdrink.  Here we see Lee and Holly, a nice British couple we have encountered several times on the way.
The Camino passes by the side of a country road until Ligonde where we stop for a caldo gallego and bocadillo lunch at 1 pm.  At 3 pm, we reach Palas  del Rey and have a cafe cortado.

We pass Airexe right after and then San Xulian by 4:30 pm.  Here I see Sharon and Paul with whom I had walked with back in Roncesvalles.  Farther on is Casanova which we reach at 5:30 pm then finally Melide by 7 pm. We go directly to Pulperia Garnacha and have a pulpo (octopus,  their specialty),  one steak dish each, fried peppers and a beer to replenish our used up reserves.  Wonderful food!!!

Later, fortified with that great dinner, we search for the municipal albergue.  We ask around, make a few wrong turns until we finally find it. It is very nice, comfortable and warm.



Gonzar snack stop
 

 


Beautiful day!


Wildflowers


Cruzeiro


Santiago cross, almost in Melide


Pulperia Garnacho in Melide -- the best pulpo in town!
 

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