Day20

We left Astorga by 7 am after eating breakfast in our room.  We saw  a beautiful sunrise-  There was a small church on the path  and we went in and lit a candle for Mo.  Also a pilgrim was able to pray for one special grace upon touching the foot of Mary. I made a request for  good health for Nova.We soldiered on and stopped after 10 km for coffee and stale donuts.  The rest of our walk was slightly uphill and landscape was changing to forest.  We arrived at our destination ...Rabanal and took the first private hostel where we had rooms with 2 beds each. We had some soup and beer ..... met a couple from Victoria, 3 danes and a dutch fellow who has been hiking since June. We walked around the village ....which is made completely of stone.  We had dinner in a hotel at the top end of the village and managed to stay there till the pilgrims service at the church across the road at 9.20 pm. It seems like there were a lot of village people there.....or just a lot of pilgrims. Afterwards we walked down the hill to our beds ......tomorrow our route will take us up the hill again.Bed by 10 up by 6.......thats our life....