Villafranca del Bierzo

This morning’s walk started with 6 miles go Ponferrada, home of the Knights’ Templar Castle. While waiting for it to open I had breakfast with some friends I ran into.
The hot chocolate was delicious , but so thick - I think they just melted a candy bar. I used some of it to top my pancakes, since they didn’t have any syrup.
The castle grounds were huge and fully open to walk around and explore. It was visually the highlight of the day, as most of the rest of the walk was along the roadside, in and of of towns.
Villafranca is relatively small, so what started as 3 of us having dinner turned into 12 as someone would walk by, know someone at our table and join us.Read more