A day in Sarria

Another clear and perfect day.. cool in the morning and now almost hot in the afternoon. We woke and had a leisurely breakfast at 8.15, and were helping ourselves to the yogurt, cheese, salami, toast etc when Marcela, our delightful hostess, bustled in with a dish of freshly scrambled eggs… so I quietly put back my yogurt, and we started on that when she bustled in again with pancakes with hot chocolate sauce!!!
Anyway, we had a good breakfast and set off to explore a bit. I led Cathy down the paths I knew, past the line of restaurants by the river that we used to haunt, but at 11am things were very quiet - not yet lunchtime and before the influx of today’s pilgrims. We then followed the pilgrim route up the stairs (Sarria is yet another town on a hill) via many albergues, restaurants and churches to the lookout at the top, where there is also a ruined castle. On our way up we stopped for coffee (me because Marcela’s coffee was not good) and discovered that this restaurant did chipirones a la plancha which I have been seeking in vain since I arrived in Spain… so a potential place for dinner…then back for some downtime in the lounge and garden area of our beautiful casona. A good relax.
Then another excursion for a light lunch to tide us till dinner… we went back to the river area now that places are open, and to my joy I found and had - finally - my chipirones, and Cathy had delicious avocado on toast with dried fruit and nuts…apparently delicious. Now back and resting till the next excursion to dinner.

Over to Cathy for the evening…

We met Sandee and Tim for a G&T at their hotel again as the waiter is a professional G&T maker, even explaining how he carves off the pith. We wandered back to the river as Sandee and Tim hadn’t been there. We were lucky to find a table outside as it was busy. An enjoyable and easy meal with our lovely Camino buddies. Now relaxed back at the hotel having a nightcap and hopefully check in with Paul, Charlie and Jaimee.Read more