Rabanal

Not many photos!
Off and on rain SO, several wardrobe changes, again. Cold in the morning to start. Then we warmed up. Rain, then geared up. The rain stopped then the FLIES swarmed.
Across the road there were perfectly happy cattle no flies on them. All the flies in the our side of the road were swarming the pilgrims! 10 flies were constantly trying to land on my face, ears, neck, hands, legs. Gad!!!! 6 to 8 km ( And I kid you not) of this was trying at best!
Tammy cashed it, we are getting different consuming to ensure we were in a fly free ZONE.
That was another calamity. By the time we found a room we had 20 minutes to turn in our laundry. We still had to get there it was 300m away. We had to change out of all clothing throw it into our ‘Camino’ laundry bag and without a shower run it down to the gal who was within a 20 minutes going to cease taking laundry.
We blasted the 300m( no small distance when tired). Then a cooler was needed. This was me, in need of a shower with some clean clothes on ( no bra, but a jacket), dashing down the flights of stairs. I am greeted by a pilgrim, who I don’t know, but he greeted me with a traditional“Buen Camino” which requires a response, he shook my hand which he kept and pirouette’d me around as zi kept moving. 😅. I made it to with our laundry with minutes to spare! 😂. Then headed up to take a turn in the shower. Whew! We were pretty proud!! 😅
Back to the cows, this is dairy country. Every other area we traveled through I could ask for oat milk, almond or soy. Here, there is no milk but cow milk! 😉. Sad for me ( not warm me up hot chocolate, the milk alternative also fills me up as zI can’t do breads or cheese, etc. ). But I love the attitude!!
Just before we entered there was a camping area called Indian Campo, There were Teepees. 😉
. We ran into the Aussie, Ian, and his buddy. Ian is the guy born in the UK whose parents moved to Australia, then to Canadia, then back to Australia to find the temperature they liked, he chides . We met his French wife who has rejoined him after dashing back to Singapore for a 25th bday with their daughter. People do these things (?)
We had a break filled with fun, high laughter.at a . well known Cowboy’bar’ ( recall that means food/ coffee/ drinks all day) .
And bonus! Our last minute Alburgue is really cute! Enlarge the photo of the flooring. Each rock was hand placed. Who does that kind of work anymore? Side note: as you look at the first photo of the building in which you would never guess that inside (most of these) is a court yard.
Open to the air, here they often hang the bed sheets, Pilgrims may hang their laundry. Sorry send and visit.
Ooh, an extra side ! We walked 300m to the ‘main’ building further back in town for an actual 5pm dinner. Nope, I chide you not!! We didn’t need to wait until 7pm or as in Astorga, last night, 8:30pm. Fantastic!
AND our laundry which we could pick up at 7pm, arrived at 6pm at our table! Better than dinner and a show!!!
I recommend taking a look at our bedroom door! Mind you our bathroom is great, the room is not huge. It’s also not from the Middle Ages. But come on! When was that door first built?? 1600’s? It’s almost my favorite part of the stay!
Tomorrow we start crossing the mountains. Probably in rain! ☔️
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