Ledigos 2

Once I’d got myself showered and done my washing, it was time to head to the bar for some fruit and a Tinto de Verano, or summer wine. When I first discovered this, I thought this sounded strange but it is half a glass of red wine, on ice and topped up with lemonade. Some bars have it pre-mixed in bottles, and elsewhere it’s mixed on the spot. On a hot day, it’s very refreshing.

Not long after sitting down, my German friend from yesterday arrived, and we had a quick catch up without much help from Google Translate.

As afternoon turned to evening, I went to fetch my fleece jacket and, on returning, was invited to join my French roommates at their table. It turns out the second lady is the other lady’s sister. We had a very enjoyable conversation (in French) covering our respective experiences of each other’s country, the Camino and even politics in both the UK and France.

It was also lovely to discover my Californian friends were staying at the albergue too.

The albergue put on a pilgrim menu for dinner, for which those of us who were partaking had to sit down together at 7pm. On my table were my Canadian friend, my new French friends, another French couple, my German friend and a Brazilian couple (who spoke French). Most of the conversation was in French aided by Google Translate at times! The food was a choice of soups (I had vegetable soup) followed by chicken, pork or fish, in each case served with salad, with ice cream to finish, all washed down with red wine and water.Okumaya devam et