Ourense - Rest Day

Ourense - Rest day 2

Distance walked 8kms

Rested yesterday evening with a bag of ice on my leg. Had a good night’s sleep and woke this morning to my leg feeling better.
I found a laundrette around the corner so while I washed everything other than I was stood up in, I had chocolate and churros for breakfast. Yum!
I explored more of the old city. It is very compact. Nearby, I visited the thermal baths in the city centre. I found thermal spring water fountains.. The water was very hot. Wandered through the market area and stopped for a cafe con leche.
I fell upon a Decathelon store and bought some better gloves for the cold mornings and some better walking socks as my current ones after 500kms are threadbare.
I stopped in a little bakery and bought the most delicious curried chicken pasties. The lady laughed aloud when I delighted in my first bite.
I decided to visit a famous monument called the Monastery of St. Francis. The Albergue is next to it. As I approached it, I spotted a familiar figure because of the hat he was carrying. It was my fellow peregrino Ruadhri from Donegal. He had caught a train from Zamora to Ourense and intends to carry on walking to Santiago tomorrow. We will no doubt walk together. While I visited the cloisters in the monastery, Roraigh went to register at the Albergue only to be told that as he had not walked into Ourense today that he would have to wait until 4pm. Fair, I suppose, based on the fact that some peregrinos will have walked big distances today.
So, we went for lunch and caught up with news of our Camino and the other peregrinos we had walked with.
This evening, I have another bag of ice on my leg and relaxing.
I have walked 8kms today and the same yesterday.
I will be back in the Camino Sanabres tomorrow. I will be walking at a slower pace.
And that was my 21st day on the Via de la Plata/Camino Sanabres.En savoir plus