March 11 2018 Via de la Plata
Today we started in Cea and walked to A Laxe 33k. The terrain is beautiful but the weather was terrible. From the time we left the albergue until the time we arrived in A Laxe it rained, sometimes hard and sometimes…
March 12 2018 Via de la Plata
Today was our last long day on the Via de la Plata. It was a doozie. We started out at 7:30am and headed for the local bar for breakfast. By 8:20 we were on our way. The trail was beautiful but wet and muddy in many…
March 10 2018 Via de la Plata
Today was our first day out of Ourense. There were two options, the traditional route which is only 20k but we were warned that after rain could be flooded and the rivers could be swollen, or the alternate route which…
March 8 2018 Via de la Plata
Today we woke up to a crisp and overcast day. The albergue last night was a donativo albergue with no heat but plenty of blankets. It is cold at night so I used a blanket to sleep on, my down sleeping bag and two…
March 9 2018 Via de la Plata
Today we decided to take a taxi to Puebla Sanabria and then the train to Ourense. The weather is getting worse. The snow is coming down and we just did not want to nor think it was safe to walk. Orense is the…
March 5 2018 Day 16 Via de la Plata
Today we decided at the urging or our hospitalera, Mercedes to take the bus to Zamora. I’ll admit it was not that hard to convince me, so off we went on the bus from El Cubo de Vino to Zamora. Zamora is a beautiful…