• Day 63 - Llanes to Ribedesella

    Jun 23–24, 2024 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C

    After a sleepless night due to party city in Llanes, singing folk at 6 in the morning- long time since we were part of that 😆 we huffed and puffed through the night marvelling at the energy of others! We struggled into the day ready for a fight for the toilet - however all was surprisingly calm.
    We headed out and found a very well organised bakery which provided us with a lovely breakfast.
    We got talking to a couple of American pilgrims who were on their third Camino - they were addicted- and were having an amazing tromp around Europe as well.
    We then packed up to head for the railway station. Our train came in and we boarded only to be told to disembark as the train was returning to Santander. Our actual train arrived 10 mins later, and we all squeezed on. Journey was just over half an hour.
    We headed for our Pension for the evening to discover they didn’t have us on the list 🙄
    As the error was theirs they had to find alternative accommodation for us!!
    This happened to be a 1912 art deco hotel with very nice rooms and a fantastic view across the harbour, marina and misty hills - a win win 🙌
    After settling into our new abode we headed out for our lunch scene. It was a bit of a school dinner scene but we enjoyed it. We got in just in time as within minutes the queue was out the door.
    We enjoyed ‘Granny’s rice pudding’ even though it was a bit sweet.
    We then enjoyed a good promenade along the harbour and breakwater getting good sea air.
    We are now back in our lovely room. Chilling ready for tomorrow’s 20k
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