Day off in Lugo

After saying goodbye to our camino family over a meal last night, we were looking forward to a good long sleep. No chance. The apartment was still like a furnace so all the windows were open to let in cool air and street noise. At about 2 the municipal rubbish guys decided to empty the recycling bins in our road. Those partially underground ones. It was so loud! Grating squeaking metal for a long time. We had a lie in though and spent the morning walking the roman walls and exploring Lugo. In the basement of the market there was a lace fair with people making lace and selling the stuff needed to do it. A group of gallegos in their regional outfits was singing and playing tambourines and the bag pipes which are the local instrument. They sound nicer than scotish ones, less jarring.Læs mere