We re-met the honeymooners in San Quirico and had a fun catch-up – wished Stephania a happy birthday – explored the local streets – then home to our mansion for the night.
Up late – lots of fog and only a short day ahead, so gave us a chance to have breakfast with our hostess, Alessandra. A lovely cool morning, the sun, like a person without sight, feeling for the fog obstacle preventing it from lighting up the day.
Those white tracks and gravel roads nearly the whole way with very little traffic. The hills were long and the valleys deep, and what was supposed to be a short day lengthened as we walked. It was either longer than the book said or the degree of difficulty makes it feel that way. We passed 4 other walkers, a dozen holidayers going for a morning walk, and arrived at our village for the night – Gallina.
Walking home after finding no internet here or anywhere in this ‘off the air’ village, I bongiorno’d a cyclist as I always do (great camaraderie between them and us) and it was Daniel with the birthday girl. Lovely to catch up on her birthday, correct my blog address with them and maybe we’ll hear from this delightful couple.
No place to eat or buy food in the small town, so the bar owner’s Romanian wife cooked extra dinner as well as dessert with theirs and gave that to us for our dinner. Lovely couple – Gallina is on the camino – not promoted very well (hardly on the map) – so need pilgrim’s support to keep it open, and nearly the only place to break the otherwise 32km journey. Their bar is called ‘Il Parallelo’.
At home we have a kitchen, lounge and bathroom downstairs, our bed upstairs with a balcony, and the best, quietest and most friendly dog on the planet next door. Time to rest for uphill nearly all tomorrow.
