Avilés to Muros de Nalón

We slept in this morning since Moriah has not been well. We left our accommodations at 10:00 and debated whether we would walk or bus. It was raining and the prediction was thunderstorms all day. Still, we headed off and, though it rained off and on all day, it never poured hard. Because we left late, we didn't get to our hostel until almost 5:00. We walked 14 miles.

Our hostel is very interesting. We requested the private room for two, even though it had a shared bathroom. Our room is actually an horreo (pronounced "Oreo".) Moriah wrote about them yesterday, but for those who are not following her link, I will point out that horreos are rooms on stilts that were built outside homes many years ago to house grain and extra produce. Being on stilts kept the vermin out. So basically we are staying in a rustic "cabin" with two little dim lights. There are some large "windows" that can be "un-barred", but it's pretty chilly out so we're just hunkering down in here. We can't close the door all the way or we'll never open it from inside. The bathroom is in the main building, so it won't be fun in the middle of the night going down all these concrete steps. The last two steps to our room are concrete blocks probably a foot high. This is, indeed, an adventure... albeit and overpriced one. It will be remembered as the one time in our lives that we stayed in an horreo!Read more