Depart Time: 8:05 Temp: 53F RH: 70%
Walked: 8.2 mi. Camino 2024: 275 mi.
We were anxious to get going this morning as we had a rough night with the mosquitoes in our room. Room cleaners typically open the windows to allow the floors to dry. Since checkout time was 8:30 and checkin time was 2:30, the little blood suckers had up to 6 hours to get settled and well hidden in our room before we were allowed in. The result was Jim getting several dozen bites in late afternoon and evening and Linda, who stays warm in unheated rooms by snuggling up with blankets in bed, getting only a half dozen or so bites.
So saying goodbye to our “upscale casa rural” was a good riddance.
We walked up the hill from Furelos into Melide and stopped at A Garnacha, our favorite place on the Camino for pulpo (octopus).
We reached a good stopping point at Boente after some 8 miles of walking. We took a taxi the remaining 5 miles to our place for the night in Arzúa (pop. 6,328).
We had a slight glitch in our logistics today. We booked what we thought was Pencion Elena, but we apparently booked Apartment Elena instead. So when we arrived at Pencion Elena, our packs were waiting for us, but our room was not.
After some shifting of packs and us, we had everything settled in Apartment Elena and our pack logistics all set to continue on from the correct location tomorrow morning to our scheduled destination tomorrow.
Relieved that we were finally back on track by about 3:00, we stopped at a familiar restaurant in Arzúa near our apartment for lunch/dinner, then retired for the rest of the day to do chores and rest… and blog.
Jimandi 