9 May 23 Hotel Vilaseca in Penasillás to Rodeiro 21 km

 

8 May 23 - Chantada to Hotel Vilaseca in Penasillás - 8.61 Kms.

 We started from Chantada. Since yesterday was Sunday and Mother’s Day in Spain, no stores were open so we will wait until they open today at 9:15 to get provisions for the next couple of days. There was a lot of street noise outside of hotel Mogay last night until around 11:00. Lots of kids out playing. This is not unusual in Spain. We slept well.   Our walk was rather short, a little over 5 miles. There were 6 or 7 dogs barking when we passed through Centulle. All were secured behind fences. There were a couple of dogs unsecured but they paid us no attention. The way was well marked and it was a nice path with sun and shade. We arrived at Hotel Vilaseca at noon and had to wait to check in for a few minutes until the owners returned from a shopping trip. This is a really nice property. Very modern, very clean and the hosts are fantastic. We had a nice lunch  (1st course Caldo, 2nd course fish). We were joined by a lady from Holland also walking the Camino. She had walked from Diomondi. She had stayed at the renovated Bishop’s Palace and had very nice things to say about it. After lunch the owner Manuelo offered to take the three of us up to the top -Monte Faro as tomorrow will be raining and we won’t be able to see anything - Spectacular views!

Tomorrow we’ll be back on track with the longer walks as we head into the final week of this Camino.