Day 39 - Arzua to A Brea

What a treat it was to sleep in until 7.45am this morning AND to have the included breakfast! I haven't really been eating b/f - well, just a banana - but it was a nice change!

Most people I've been walking with these past few days are arriving in Santiago tomorrow (Sunday). But because we're avoiding the Sunday Santiago crowds, we've opted to do 3 shorter days and rock up on Monday instead!

The crowds have definitely picked up, and other routes have joined up with our route now, too, hence the larger numbers. Though, despite all of this, I still had many moments of complete solitude...so it balanced out nicely! 🙌

We've had another epic fail in the food dept! ...so I booked this place tonight in A Brea - Mar de Frisia - based on the amazing food reviews about their home cooking, only to arrive and be told that the cook (the hosts' son) is away on vacation and comes back in 2 days! 😩...so we had to go down to a local bar and have the ever exciting stock standard pilgrim food yet again!

We were, however, entertained by the town drunks watching their soccer game on TV! ...and I thought Americans were loud! They got nothing on a drunk Spaniard! 🥴

In the lead up to dinner... I had a great chat with a couple from Barcelona. It's amazing how much your spanish improves by just having a banter! Their english was limited as was my spanish BUT we still managed to have an interesting conversation for over an hour! ❤️

I always check my mattress before going to sleep for bed bugs, and I got a little scare tonight when I saw some black dots... so I called the lovely owner in ... and we looked together with my phone light. She was also freaking because it's such an inconvenience to have them, not to mention the costs involved to eradicate. It 'appears' to just be dust & and debris, so fingers crossed, she's right! 🤞

The cheeky bugger said as she left, though....
'Goodnight, don't let the bed bugs bite!' 🤣🕷Read more