Day 16 - Fromista to Carrion losCondes

Today's stage is only 19 km so Dan wanted to push for a longer day once we arrived around noon. We were quite hungry since there were no open cafes again. There were vending machines for coffee, burgers, popcorn, pharmacy stuff, and orange juice, but I passed on them hoping to find an open cafe.

We had to walk all the way to Carrion de los Condos for over 3 hours to get food. We got something light to eat while I charged my phone since the bar/restaurant wouldn't serve full meals until 1:30 pm. We were giving our feet a break as well before continuing on. As luck would have it, Jonty arrived at our restaurant and mentioned him and Jo had gotten a room at the monastery and the rooms contained only 3 single beds - no bunkbeds! They also had private rooms with private bathrooms for 25 euros so Dan changed her mind and we stayed in town.

We got some groceries at the Dia supermarket and used the kitchen to cook some blood sausages, tomato and egg stir fry, and make sandwiches for tomorrow. Jo joined us and swapped some wine for food. I also made him some sandwiches since we had extra meat and cheese leftover.

We called it an early night and had a good sleep in our private rooms and comfy beds. I was glad to not walk further since it had been a wet, windy, and cold day. I started feeling a little sick that evening and was extra glad I wasn't waking up anyone with my coughing that night. The plan had been to do a longer day tomorrow and wake up at 6 am. Instead I texted Dan and told her to go first since I'd need extra rest with feeling sick.Read more