Day 28 - AM - Portomarin to Palas de Rei

We slept in until almost 8 am, had breakfast at the albergue before we left and got our coffee fix in good order on the road. It was beautiful weather so we had a very pleasant walk. It also helped that I slept really well with 4 blankets including 1 that Dunyao got me. Dan only slept with 2 blankets and told me she didn't have a good sleep because she was cold last night.

I was very speedy today after a later start so I walked ahead of my group and visited an albergue I stayed at back in 2023 at Ligonde. They had free snacks and beverages for pilgrims and a 75 km stamp for our pilgrim passports. They also had everyone stick a pin in a map to show where they're from.

I waited for my friends to catch up to me at this point so I could show them this great find and so we could take group photos.

We dined at a restaurant before arriving in Palas de Rei and they had great food, including a giant meat platter we struggled to finish and delicious seafood and vegetable stews.

I was surprised when my friends wanted to eat again at 9:00 pm when I was still stuffed from our early dinner! We had thick hot chocolate, toast, mandarins, and ramen.

Tomorrow we have our long day of almost 40 km. Dan will try and get a luggage transfer so she can walk without a backpack but the rest of us will walk with ours.

There were only 2 other guests at our albergue - a South American girl who started in Sarria and another gentleman that Dunyao was familiar with.

Along the way we also ran into the East Asian gang - a group of South Koreans, Taiwanese, and Japanese pilgrims.

*Change of plans. We cant walk as far as we want because neither albergue is open in that town. We will only do 30 km tomorrow and have to do a long day into Santiago instead.Read more