Sunday, August 21, 2022 – La Caridad to Ribedeo.

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This morning we got a late start out the alburgue. A few kilometers west of La Caridad we were greeted by this guy.

A teenage mutant ninja turtle pilgrim.
The people of Spain generally drive very nice luxury cars. They take very good care of their cars. I have never seen a car that was dirty or dented. The cars are always clean and spit shined. This Spaniard color coordinated the color of his/her car to match the flowering bush next to the driveway.
A series of pictures of the rocky coast on the approach to our first stop of the day, Tapia de Casariego.
Tapia de Casariego.
Tapia de Casariego
Tapia de Casariego.
Lunch in Tapia de Casariego. The cake was delicious.
The swimming and surfing beach at Tapia de Casariego.
These signs are notoriously inaccurate. My guidebook says that we are 200 kilometers from Santiago.
We spent 3 hours walking through corn fields as we walked west out of Tapia de Casariego.
This is the ruin of an old windmill. Sails or blades were installed on top of the round building you can still see. Inside the round stone building was a wind powered gristmill. Based on the trees growing out of it I assume it hasn’t been used for quite some time. The Spaniards oftentimes reclaim these old windmills and turn them into summer homes.
As we were walking along the coast a few kilometers east of Figueras we ran across this little hippy dippy bar and restaurant. Much to our surprise Irene, Tarek and Sahand were hanging out there, eating tapas and drinking cider. We met these three young people as were were walking along the Way a couple of days ago. Irene and Tarek are financial analysts in London and Sahand is a Ph.D medical engineer. We spent a very interesting hour drinking cider with them and discussing what it was like to live and work in London.
The mouth of the estuary leading into the harbor at our final destination, Ribadeo.
The coast east of the Bridge of Saints that we crossed to get over the estuary and into Ribadeo.
Once we crossed the bridge we left Asturias and now we are in Galicia. It will be very hilly on our walk in Galicia.
Our alburgue for the night. We checked in at the bar and then had to trudge up three flights of stairs to get to our room.
Dinner is two hours away so I am going to have a big dish of Oreo gelato.
Salted and roasted peppers as an appetizer.
Pulpo 🐙 or squid as the main course.

Today we walked 35,000 steps, 30 kilometers and climbed the equivalent of 25 flights of stairs.

I hope you are having a good day wherever you are.

Good night from Ribadeo, Galicia, Spain.

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I've been retired from the Union Pacific Railroad since 2017. I've been planning to walk the Camino for about 6 months and can't wait to get started.

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