Daily Archives: September 29, 2014

Day 24 – VillaFranca del Bierzo to Ambasmestas

Ok, this was an easy walk today. On the way out of VillaFranca we passed a statue of a pilgrim. It was quite a dull day, but this keeps the sun off our backs and makes for easier walking.
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We planned to take it easy before the ascent up the mountain to 1350 meters tomorrow and it will be the last major mountain we have to climb. The path followed along side the rio Valcarce through a valley most of the day so it twisted and turned and went through a couple of small villages.

A quite country road

A quite country road

We even encountered the occasional cow wandering down the Main Street of a village.

Is that a cow?

Is that a cow?

Yep, we have a cow

Yep, we have a cow

We arrived into Ambasmestas earlier than planned and the hotel let us check in early. We had lunch at the hotel Restaurant, and it was one of the best meals we have had so far. We are in Galicia, and the food has improved.

After lunch we just sat around the village enjoying the day.

Jan sunning herself

Jan sunning herself

If we want, we now have the option of riding a horse to the next destination.

Sounds like a god idea!

Sounds like a good idea!