What’s this? You may remember our story from the first Camino of Anne’s unfortunate experience in the top bunk at an albuergue, the most modest level of pilgrim lodging. At an albuergue, on a first-come basis, a pilgrim can get a bed for about 12 Euros including shared showers and toilets. Sheets, pillows and blankets may, or more likely, may not be included.

After our early experience in 2015 that also included a cacaphony of snorers and a bad night’s sleep for Anne, we have mostly reserved ahead at casa rurales or pensions (modest lodgings with private rooms). But last night, deep into the Camino del Norte along the inland portion in a little town called Lourenza, we enjoyed a flashback to an bunk bed albuergue.

This one was pretty nice, with beds actually anchored to the walls rather than freely swaying from side to side, and both bottom and top sheets! And we each got a bottom bunk, hooray. Our roommate was a young German woman who had walked 40 kms that day (almost 25 miles) because the albuergue she assumed would have space for her was full, and the next one was 10 miles further! Ouch!

Although the TV playing at our modest dinner location announced scary predictions of Hurricane Lorenzo threatening Galicia, our walk today was under sunny skies with cooler temperatures (63°) and some wind.

Today’s walk was an up and down hill day which resulted in our walking from the valley floor up and out of that valley into the next one. The elevation change was about 800 to 900 feet but the up and down terrain meant that we walked up at least twice that much. You can see the valley in the next photo.

Today was another good day on the Camino. We think every day of all of our family and friends with joy. What a blessing to walk quietly and to recall the good (and not so good) times we have shared. Thanks to all of you for all that we have shared.