Today dad and I spent our day seperatly. But before that we went to a Spanish doctor in the health care center of Ribadeo and she told me that I should only walk again if all pain would be away.
So I had to take the bus and he walked 27 km. He saw a lot of animals on the way like cows, horses, dogs and cats. The altitude rised and it was not easy to walk – but with some sugar and Cafe con leche (and sugar) he made it to me at Lourenza. I met several diffrent pilgrims in the bus and before I drove to Lourenza I talked long to a Mexican pilgrim about our lifes and cultural dishes.
At Lourenza we were two of three guests of our Albergue, which felt pretty strange because the Albergue was meant of 24 persons, but we had one dormitory for us! At dinner we stayed in a restaurant and enjoyed Dorade and a lot of meat.
Today we woke up late and were (once a time it’s nice to do it) the last pilgrims that left the Albergue. We had our breakfast at the beach and watched a surfers. 🏄
For the first time we saw a big group of pilgrims, mabye about 15 people. Then we went along the beach and the shore 🌊 and through endless corn fields. 🌽
At a church we made our second stop and had (for some days) the last lunch with sea view and big waves with surfers and surf schools.
Afterwards we walked over the bridge from Austuria to Galicia – 600m way and very beautiful canal with some boats. The whole way my knee was not so bad but I felt it some times.
We arrived at the first Albergue and got two beds. This is so far the beautifullest Albergue and the woman who owns it is friendly and all bedrooms, the living room, the kitchen and the garden.
Soon we’re going to the city center of Ribadeo and probably first to a pharmacy to by something for my knee and then we go to eat dinner with H. (Germany) and P. (Espagna).
We woke up at 7 a.m. and started walking. We walked almost the whole way to La Caridad with O., a French pilgrim we met on the way and talked about the camino, our future plans of hiking and traveling, our family, traditional food and dishes of our homecountries, lives at home and found some figs that were ripe and delicious.
At La Caridad we had lunch and met G. from Poland who currently works in Germany in Landshut who walked the last two days 55 km each day and had a backback with more than 13kg, which seemed a little crazy to us.
Then we dicided to continue walking to Tapia and said goodbye to both. On the way my knee began to hurt, not bad but I could feel little pain which was never a issue I had.
So my dad and I decided after a break that he would walk the last 7 km and dad would call a taxi for me – yes, sometimes the Camino means calling a taxi. The driver was very friendly and we talked the few minutes with a translator about the Camino and Tapia🚕
At the Casa Cultura/Tourist Office I reserved two beds for dad and me. Before we went to the albergue we decided that we will walk only about 12 km tomorrow and have a lot of rest so my knee will heal hopefully.
Then we walked to the beach at a wonderful bay. There were many locals and some tourists and we bath in the comfortable (it was not as easy to go in as in the Mediterranean Sea, but staying in there was comfortable) water. The waves were high and strong and it was a lot of fun to jump with and into them. 🌊
After a quick shower we walked to the Albergue, made our beds ready and washed our laundry – there I met another German Pilgrim in the Women’s Restroom who currently works in Barcelona and talked to her a bit. We enjoyed our dinner (Platos combinados with chicken, salad, eggs and fries and a pizza) at a local bar. Afterwards we shortly walked thorugh the city center and crowded pedestrian zone, saw some fish and looked at the harbour and the small boats. ⛵
Today we started with a beautiful sunrise over the Spanish hills. Then we walked through Luarca, a village near a habour where we shopped in a backery and a supermarket. Afterwards we made our first breakfast and we ate a little too much. We went up some hills, walked by ruins, churches and a lot of corn fields. We saw swallow/Schwalben and sparrow/Spatzen.
Now we arrived at our Albergue at Piñera where we were the second people that checked in but a few hours later the Albergue began to fill.
In the afternoon we talked a lot with a French pilgrim and had dinner with a German boy. It was really nice meeting and talking to all this people. We ended our day with a sunset and a lemon we shared together and I had carried for 2 days 🍋
Because of some mosquitos in our room we started walking early at 6 a.m. The first adventure was a dark tunnel that seemed from the outside like it never would end (but it did) and we continued walking. We stopped and had a breakfast – half croissant and half dark chocolate for each of us. 🥐🍫
Our way crossed rivers, a lot of mud and beautiful flowers and blackberries. 🌺
We enjoyed our lunch at the shore of the coast and ate bread with tomatoes, cheese and peach. And we met a dog we called Idefix. 🐕
We wanted to stay in an Albergue in Cadaveu but there was a huge festival so everything was booked out and there was only one place in the albergue left (this was a tent with a matress) so we decided because it was already afternoon that we reserve a hotel 7 km away. So we walked in total 28 km today and arrived a little tired at our accommodation „Hotel Canero“. And we probably had reserved the last available room so we had a lot of luck. 🍀
After a shower we now want to take a nap and later eat the „Menu del Dia“.
We started our day maths and then went shopping in supermercado Coviran. Then we wanted to buy some bread for the day and from the whole panadaria we chose the most savory (herzhaft) bread called „Chorizo Envuelto“ with a big sausage in it – the complete opposite we wanted for breakfast but it was an expanding our culinary horizons.
Afterwards we took the bus to Muros de Nalon and got welcomed by some Spanish camino rain. After some kilometers the rain got less and we had some sun. At half of the way we made a break and talked to the French Pilgrim O..
She asked about our relationship and we could see in her face that she preferred the answer that Johanna is the daughter of Martin much to the possibility that Johanna would be the much younger girlfriend.
The first 15 km had pretty views including the Eucalyptus Trees and a beautiful bays and some ups and downs – a very varied route.
At 5 p.m. we arrived at our Hostel in Soto de Luiña and took a nap, drank some Cappuccino with cocoa in it (which is not normal) and then went shopping in the supermarket.
In a restaurant we had a huge menu and dad finished more than 3 quaters of a bottle vine on his own because Johanna doesnot like wine🍇. After the desserts we rolled back to our hostel, called our family at home and now after writing this we will fall into bed. 🙂 💫✨
We started our day early at 5 a.m. and said goodbye to Laura & mom/Beate & Sisi. Then we took the train to the Airport and checked in, dropped our language and boarded. The flight was wonderful and we had a beautiful view of the Alpes, a lot of lakes and the Pyrenees. ✈️
We arrived in Bilbao and took a bus to the city center. There we looked around the „Guggenheim Museum“ with modern art and a modern architecture.
Afterwards we ate lunch in a park and went over detours in the direction of the bus station by a children’s festival and some parks. 🌳🌴
At 3 p.m. we drove with the bus until 6 p.m. where we arrived in Oviedo. Most of the time we slept in the bus and in the first hour got amazing views of the Spanish coastline 🏖🚍
We checked into our hostel, bought Tiger balsam for me ( I had a little headache because of the other climate and a lack of sleep) and then searched for a traditional Asturien restaurant. There we ate the special dish „Asturien Fabada“ (a recommendation of the Spanish tour guide J. we met in Ireland) and a big green salad 🥗🍲.
On our way back to the hostel we went by the Cathedral of Oviedo and saw our first Camino signs 🙂
Now we both take a shower, prepare stuff for tomorrow and then go to bed ✨💫
