We went to the local church last night for Vespers , it appears to have been built during Roman times. The local monks conducted the service using gregorian chants in Latin, as well as providing a pilgrims blessing in multiple languages.
Our start this morning was not as smooth as we planned, my (Russ) hiking pole was missing, PANIC. The last I remembered having it was when we arrived. We checked at reception, and it was not there. After breakfast I checked again, and asked them to look behind the door, and there it was. Janice claimed she prayed for it to appear.
3 weeks on the road. Today, we thought, would be a leisurely 17km. Ha!
We stopped at Foncebadon, a small village for a break, and had the nicest orange cake since arriving, freshly made today.
We ascended the remaining 400 metres through Foncebadan to Cruz de Ferro, a cross on the top of the mountain where you symbolically leave a stone and your burden behind.
After this we traversed two more mountains, over some very rocky trails.
We arrived in El Acebo, a very pretty little village up in the Leon Mountains, and have been spending the afternoon resting up.
Our next stop is Ponferrada and the World Cycling Championships are in town, and all accommodation is booked up. Never mind the Camino will provide!
Russ and Jan's Camino 