This was our alburgue last night.This was our room in the alburgue last night. Take note of the two windows.
When we got to our room in the alburgue in Abadin yesterday afternoon we noticed it was a little stuffy. Good thing we had two big windows. We opened the two big windows and a cool breeze wafted in and the temperature in the room almost instantly became very comfortable.
We left the windows open and when we went to sleep at about 10:00 PM we were looking forward to a good nights rest. At about 11:00 PM a swarm of mosquitoes came in through the open windows and attacked us. I got some sleep, but spent most of the night swatting mosquitoes. At about 3:00 AM Marco gave up and went down to the lobby and tried to sleep on a couch in the lobby. When I came down to the lobby at 7:30 AM. His face and arms were covered with angry red welts where the mosquitoes had been feasting on him.
After a quick breakfast we both decided we were in no shape to walk the 20 kilometers from Abadin to Vilalba so we called a cab. At about 11:00 AM we checked into Hotel Casa Seijo and took a nice long nap in our mosquito free room.
Street scenes from Vilalba
After nap time was over we spent a couple of hours walking around Vilalba.Vilalba is a nice little town.The remains of an old castle.Sign in a grocery store. It generally says, for the benefit of everyone don’t touch the fruit with your hands. You are supposed to use a plastic glove to put the fruit in a plastic bag and then have the person at the fruit counter weigh it and put a price tag on it. As Marco explained it, people have dirty hands and you wouldn’t want their dirty hands touching your fruit. I guess that makes sense.A donner kebob for lunch.The ham display at the grocery store. They are serious about their ham in Spain.Diner group. Sahand, a Ph.D medical engineer from London, Marco, Teresa, who works for the Spanish Ministry of Tourism in Madrid, Tarek, a financial analyst from London and Irene, a financial analyst from London.I had a deluxe hamburger for dinner. It wasn’t great but it was very OK.That says it all.
I hope you are having a good day wherever you are. That’s it from Vilalba, Lugo, Galicia, Spain.
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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