Villafranca Del Bierzo

Day 32 Villafranca Del Bierzo
Distance from Ponferrada to Villafranca 29kms

With a long hot day ahead of us we started out early walking along the river bank and out of the city.
The path today was light shingle and walking was easy through the endless vineyards. Alas there was no wine tasting but the cherries were ripe that hung from the trees on the edge of the rows.
We passed through one small village where we bought what we thought was a small loaf of bread sprinkled with salt. As it turned out it was sprinkled with sugar so our lunch (under a tree on the side of the path) changed from sardines and tomato on bread to banana on bread. As two hungry Peregrinos we thought it was the best sandwich ever.
The grapevines stretched forever the day was simply glorious it was such a perfect day.Read more