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Published: September 25th 2017
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***Again I have apologize for no photos, since it's almost lights out time and the connection is slow.
As usual, we left around 7:15,with Ponferrada in our sights for breakfast, about 6 kilometers ahead. About 3 kilometers, most of it before sunrise, we passed through the tiny, still asleep, town of Campo. Campo translates in English to simply farm. Maybe way back it was just farms owned by people in Ponferrada. Just after that, we got our first good view of Ponferrada, down in the valley. As it almost always turns out, we had to climb up and then, knowing the highway not that far away simply went straight downhill. Raresh and I have a joke going that every town we enter will always have a steep climb just before or while entering the town. Strangely enough, it is true the vast majority of the time.
After the usual very steep climb onto the older part of town, we finally found and open bar/cafe, right across from the castle, making for a great view while ate. The Torreon Cafe was a nice looking place and had very tasty food, but the owner was on a bad mood and let
the pilgrims he was serving know. Oh well, I guess there some people who shouldn't try to serve pilgrims. We both had the usual tortilla and a chocolate croissant.
After breakfast, Raresh needed to find an ATM, so we checked in the tourist office, then wandered off the Camino a bit, he got some money, then we reconnected with the trail and headed out of Ponferrada. Around 4 kilometers later, we entered Columbrianos and took a short rest stop, shoes off. We passed through Fuentes Nuevas, then entered Camponaraya. Raresh wanted to keep going the last 7 kilometers to our day's destination of Cacabelos, so I said okay, as long as we can take a break along the way if I need to. Just as we were leaving town, Raresh spotted a winery that had cheap samples, so we took a short break.
Around 1:30pm, we entered Cacabelos, but had to walk all the way through town to reach the Municipal Albergue. This one is next to a church, and the most unusual one so far. There is a while U shape of two-bed rooms! Pretty cool. We did our usual routine, then headed out for lunch. We
ended up eating at the Pulperia Compostella. We each got a combo plate for 5.50 euros. Mine was a hamburger, fries (although we talked waited into Patatas Bravas instead of fries), and a fried egg. Quite good and filling. The albergue has no kitchen and didn't want to spend the money for another meal out, so a bit later we hit the local supermarket. We bought a half s melon on sale, a loaf of bread, slices of ham and cheese, membrillo instead of mayonnaise, and some wafers and bananas for tomorrow. Everything was quite good and filling, especially the melon. I also had to buy a tube of denture adhesive, since I'd left my toiletries bag at the last albergue. Fortunately, I think that was the only essential thing in that bag. I'd already put my pills and soap and brush in my night bag.
Tomorrow we hope to walk to Vega de Valcarce, about 25 kilometers away.
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