Ponferrada

Day 31 Ponferrada
Distance from Acebo to Ponferrada 18kms

A relatively easy day although the descent was technical and slow. The silence was golden the sky was blue and the birds were singing it was glorious. At times cherry trees lined the path and we made the most of the sweet ripe fruit. We stopped in the historical village of Molinaseca via a medieval bridge and sat in the sun by the river to have breakfast of fresh orange juice croissants and coffee. We could have stayed all day but we had to push on to the last big city before Santiago.
As always we passed stone dwellings local churches bars and ruins.
We arrived in Ponferrada known for producing good wines and the magnificent XII century Templar castle
(a national monument)
we had our first glimpse of what life in a castle must have been like.
We finished the day with dinner on the sidewalk eating Spanish paella. Delicious.Les mer