BACK ON EASY STREET…

Well after a rough day getting nowhere, today we actually got somewhere. Caldas do Reis to be exact. A little town about forty five minutes south of here by bus. Three days away if you are walking. We took the bus. Forty five minutes.

The days started slow, like all days here. We walked in the rain to the bus station. There,  Patricia met a woman who had lost her reading glasses. She said it was rough without them. She tried to go back out into the streets to look for them. Of course she never found them. In true pilgrim spirit Patricia reached into her pocket and gave the lady her’s. The woman was very happy and could see again. Nice way to start the day.

We went to Caldas do Reis to visit a restaurant we had gone to on the Camino Portuguese last year, Taberna O Muiño. Last time we ate a small meal, but upon leaving we saw the waitress bring out some big ass steaks to other customers. We said if we ever came back we would have a steak. A big ass one.

From the outside one might think the restaurant is just an old abandon building.

But fortunately it isn’t. It’s a popular restaurant that we found by chance.

We got to town an hour before they opened. No, it wasn’t because we were starving, but rather, that’s when the only bus got us there. We were the first customers in. It filled up quickly however. We looked at the menu, but already knew what we were going to eat. Yes, steak. A big ass one.

It was thick, juicy, and tasty. Of course the bread, and red wine were good too. French fries seem to be the number one side dish in Spain. That’s okay. They were great too.

Stomachs full, a little drunk, we left happy campers. Short walk back to the bus stop and back to Santiago. Tomorrow is our last day here before we take an overnight train to Madrid to go home. We are going to try and get a few walking hours tomorrow morning for some unknown reason.

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