Day 39-Portomarín

It wasn't supposed to rain until 3pm today so we headed out optimistically but had our rain gear handy. Well, what do you know, it started raining one hour into our walk. So we stopped to put our rain jackets and new gaiters on. I also put some duct tape on the front of my shoes since they're not waterproof. It did the trick because it stopped raining for most of out walk. The wind was pretty brutal though so our rain jackets acted like windbreakers. It's a pain stopping for a break when you have rain gear on so we walked about 12 miles without a break.

Our room is up on a hill and has a great view to the bridge, river and hills on the other side (where we walked today). I had a great lunch of lentils, pulpo (octopus), and flan made from scratch. I've had flan a few times over the last few weeks and have been underwhelmed. They've tasted and had the texture of the kind made from a powder mix. Today's flan tasted and had the texture like the ones my mom and gradmother would make. By the way, I make a pretty good flan too. Delicious!

We walked a bit around town until it started raining hard. If it stops raining, we'll have a few tapas later. If it doesn't, we have Mr. Corn (corn nuts) to snack on.Read more