Did well with the sleeping quarters again. We booked into a room for 8 people and we were the only people there. Walked into town for a couple of beers. Headed back to the Albergue and had the pilgrim´s meal and then settled in to watch the match. The result was good so I was happy enough. The big match is on tonight between Real Madrid and Barcelona. Headed off after 7am this morning without breakfast. Walked through 2 or 3 villages before we found breakfast. Walked through a very large forest which went on for nearly 10 miles. There was a memorial to the Spanish Civil War (Republican) at the beginning of it. The countryside has changed again and is also wonderful. Pulled into Ages after a long hike so we are on schedule to hit Burgos tomorrow afternoon where we will take our first day off. Gaby came up with her first blister today on her small toe. She has pierced it to ease the pressure and expects to walk in the sandals tomorrow. We are having paella here for dinner and then I´ll disappear next door to watch the match.
We met a woman on the walk from South Africa called Deirdre Spies. Her son Pierre plays number 8 for the Springboks. Her son-in-law is no slouch on a rugby pitch as well as he has spent the last couple of years in France playing professionally for one of their clubs. Anyway, Deirdre was in a bad way with her feet which were covered with blisters after 7 days. Was going well before that. Haven´t seen her for a few days but she said she was going to take it handy as she has lots of time to complete the walk to Santiago.
On Palm Sunday over a week ago we arrived in a place called Larasonna. The whole place was closed and didn´t look like it was going to open for the rest of the evening. It looked like Pringles for dinner until we heard that a small shop was due to open at 5pm. This was a minor improvement until we discovered that it sold cans of beer as well. We were in the clover when we heard that pizzas were served from 6pm so we all booked in at 6, 7 or 8pm. There were plenty of hungry and tired pilgrims walkng the town at this stage. When we were ordering dinner the woman behind the counter wasn´t too worried whether we ordered Tuna or Mozarella or whatever saying ¨All ny pizzas are very good¨. We arrived for our pizza at 7pm and tore into them but discovered that they were all frozen pizzas from the supermarket. Anyway, she charged 8 Euros for what must have cost her EUR1.50 down in Ray O´Donnells. She must have cleaned up.
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