May 18 Ponferrada
May 18th 2015 In Ponferrada tonight. It's a big, modern city but has an old quarter. The centrepiece of the old city is a 13th century Knights Templar castle. Apparently it was built here to protect the pilgrims on the Camino. We're going to tour it tomorrow.
David and Rick had a bit of a white knuckle ride today. They left Astorga around 9:00 this morning and the ride took 4 1/2 hours over some pretty steep
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