I caught a normal service bus from Calle Ancha just across the square. There is a regular service, primarily to take people to the large Bierzo Hospital, but handy for pilgrims too.
This is the Bierzo, one of Spain’s important wine producing regions.
Some are old and gnarled; all are bursting into leaf and looking very healthy.
This puss is hiding in the shade:
It proved to be another perfect day on the Camino: warm and still. I can’t believe I haven’t seen one drop of rain this year.
Today was all about the grapes: with rows and rows of vines in every direction:
This is the Bierzo, one of Spain’s important wine producing regions.
Some are old and gnarled; all are bursting into leaf and looking very healthy.
This puss is hiding in the shade:
It proved to be another perfect day on the Camino: warm and still. I can’t believe I haven’t seen one drop of rain this year.
This was my first stop: an information centre for wine production: but it’s never open when I pass by!
Many of the vineyards had wild roses in bloom at the end of the rows.
I finally arrived at Cacabelos and the beautiful Moncloa de San Lazaro. They offered me a small cup of red wine to try in the welcoming courtyard. This is a place I’ve never stayed at before: it was always fully booked, but this time I was lucky! It’s an old-style hostelry, such as might have existed 100 years ago:
View of my room with its collection of antique furniture.
They won’t run out of garlic.
Lovely kitty.
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