The weather stays great

April 23. Today was another beautiful day. Cloudless skies, and perfect weather for walking. The only downside was that nearly the entire Camino today was next to a highway. So although I had green fields and birdsongs…the birdsong was often drowned out by cars and trucks whizzing by. I’m in a very unique alberque…sharing my room with a German (now living in the US), 2 American women from Tucson, a Dutch woman and 2 young South Koreans. The owners are eclectic. The wife is a homeopathic healer who makes her own salves and the husband works around and property and just grunts and farts. They were, in the end, very nice people. They grew on me and it’s an unusual place, but it’s clean and safe. The village is tiny and empty. I went to one of the two “restaurants” in town for dinner. The owner/cook/hostess handed me the menu on a ripped scrap of paper….1st course (my choice), salad or soup with chick peas. 2nd course….chicken, pork or fish. Those exact words, nothing more. It actually turned out to be a decent meal (I had the salad and the pork). This was one of those lost villages where you can probably buy a house for one euro. Tomorrow’s another day of walking. I’ve got another 2 days jn the meseta…then I go back to the hills and mountains of Galicia.