Today we walked from Quiroga to Barca de Lor, about 19 KMs. First we saw 10 pilgrims getting ready to leave this morning. According to all we read this was going to be a very hard day. It was hard but not like we thought. The walk out Quiroga was rather uneventful, flat and all on asphalt. We missed a couple recommended deviations. After a couple of kilometers the climb began. Much of the beautiful scenery has been destroyed by two large forest firesin recent years. Entire mountains have been stripped clean to allow for new plantings. Once we were near the top we did encounter some forest. This was by far the best part of today’s walk. We can only imagine how beautiful it used to be. A little after noon we arrived at our destination Pensión Pacita in Barca de Lor. What a great stop. The father (Jose) and son (Jose Luis)who run the pension are super kind. After showing us to our room we were told we could have lunch of freshly caught trout. It was great, along with a bottle of homemade white wine. I’ll go out on a limb and say it is some of the best white wine we’ve had this trip. After lunch we came back to our room for a much deserved nap. Dinner was at 2000. We had ternera and their homemade red wine, equally as good as the white. Palma’s feet took a bit of a beating and her knees are hurting. My knees are also hurting some. We may take a day off from walking tomorrow to get some relief.
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