264 km to Santiago de Compostela
The plan for today is to walk only 10 km. I was actually a little nervous when we started. Would I be able to walk? Would the vertigo come back?
We were out of our nice hotel by 8 am. Still dark. With the change this weekend of the clock forward dawn comes a few minutes after 8 am. It was raining and the rain fairly hard would keep coming all day. The clouds would also make for a darker, somber day. It was colder than yesterday.
We crossed the town of Astorga and finally hit the trail. This morning we saw many pilgrims as they went by (we are slow, remember?)
Nowhere to hide from the rain until we arrived to the village of Murias de Rechivaldo. We found a bar there so we entered to ask for a warm drink. Soon after two other pilgrims came in. They were Belgians and one of them was a priest, father Pete. We asked and received a very nice blessing from him.
By noon we were at Santa Catalina de Somoza, our objective. We quickly found an albergue that had a room available and we installed ourselves there. We were soaked and cold.
I was talking for a while to an older Spaniard. I asked him about history or legends of the town but he said there is no much history and no legends though he was an interesting man. We actually talked for quite a while.
The village is very small, there is no WiFi, the TV in the room does not work, so we stayed in our room most of the day reading and napping. We did go down for lunch and we met another pilgrim from England, Joanne. It looks like we have another 1/2 day of rest.
Tomorrow, we have planned another short day, 12 km, trying to get used to walking again. We are going up the mountains of Leon so it will be up the hill. The forecast is for cold and rain.
Saint Francis of Assisi teach us humility and love to everyone around us. Pray for us.
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