Lugo / Sarria

We reached Sarria Sunday evening. We easily found a hotel an went and had dinner. Restaurants do not open for business until 8:00pm, so be ready to eat late in Spain.

The next day we were still dealing with blisters so decided to spend another night in Sarria. We were informed that there wasn’t a room available so we moved to the Alfonso Noveno hotel. We dropped off our bags and then drove 30 minutes to the city of Lugo to return the rental vehicle. Lugo city center is a beautiful old city built by the Romans and it is sorounded by this tall stone walls. We walk through the main gate an wondered around the city. Walked into El Camino de Pedro coffee shop and was helped by the owner, a woman from Honduras who had immigrated to Spain 15 years ago. We had some interesting conversations with her about her own journey.

We walked around the city and over the Roman’s walls were we had the opportunity to walk through ancient history.

After a 30 minutes buss ride, we were back to Sarria. Nick wanted to eat pasta that night so we visited a very charming restaurant called ”Roma 1930”. Instead of pasta, we end up sharing the biggest T-Bone stake in our lives. There, we were introduced to “Chupitos”, a local liquor made of grasses of coffee. We had two of each and we were set for the night. Of course we had to walk a kilometer to get to the hotel 🥹Read more