Monday, May 20, 2024 – Lago to Cee

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I didn’t get a lot of sleep at the alburgue last night. The guy on one side of my bunkbed lost his lunch and the guy on the other side snored like a lumberjack. His snore started out on a bass note and then it quickly rose up the register so that at the end he was snoring in falsetto. I have super duper wax earplugs but his snoring rattled these earplugs out of my ears. Between the smell of the lost lunch and the unrelenting din of the snoring I didn’t exactly get a good night’s sleep. I finally had enough of the whole thing and got up, packed up and escaped the alburgue at 6:00 AM.

Cows out for a morning stroll.
The first town we hit was Olveiro.

I stopped here for breakfast and was disappointed that the bar/restaurant only had toast. However, I was more than surprised and overjoyed when the bartender served my toast with butter and jam. You never get butter over here. You get olive oil. I am not a big fan of olive oil on my toast in the morning. I slathered my toast with butter and then layered on a generous helping of strawberry jam. Not a bad breakfast.

After breakfast we started climbing and when we got to the top of the hill we were rewarded with this view.

Galicia has all the water in Spain so they build dams and create reservoirs and pipe water to the dry regions of Spain. You can see the dam in the upper right hand corner of the photo.
Most of the day was spent strolling on these wide smooth woodland paths.

When you get to Hospital you are 15 kilometers from Cee, with no bars or restaurants between Hospital and Cee. There is a last chance bar/restaurant at Hospital so I decided to fuel up before I ventured on to Cee.

An omelette bocadillo. It was delicious.

As we walked out of Hospital there was a fork in the road.

To the right is the Way to Muxia. To the left is the Way to Finisterre.

We went left. Once we get to Finisterre we plan to walk along the coast to Muxia. After we took the left fork in the Way we entered Vakner Territory.

Lions and tigers and bears oh my!
This is the Vakner. I only saw the statue and I am glad to report that I did not encounter the real thing.
These beautiful yellow bushes were in bloom all along this section of the Way.
When the sun is out, and it was out most of the day, it is as green as Ireland.
For most of the day we walked on a high plateau. For the last 3 kilometers we walked down to the town of Cee and the Atlantic. I hate walking on the steep downhills. My toes were screaming on this section.
This is Cee, our final destination for the day.
This is my room at the Hotel Larry. It has a tub and I spent an hour soaking in the tub. The tub now has a ring that will need to be sandblasted to remove.
Pulpo for dinner with a guy, Vince from Michigan, that I met last night at the alburgue in Lago.

That’s it for today from Cee, Spain. I hope you are having a wonderful day wherever you are

Steps walked – 34,397

Kilometers walked – 30.7

Flights of stairs climbed – 10

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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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