Day 29 October 7th

Today Joanies ankle was too sore to walk, so she was cabbing it and carrying our heavy stuff.  It was dark, windy and cold.  The terrain was quite easy though, which was nice.  We saw a big white turkey this morning....wonder if he is long for this world!  When we were approaching >Palas de Rei we saw a group of school kids out for gym class running up the hill - the boys way ahead of the girls - I called out to the girls that they couldn´t let the boys beat them - arriba arriba!!!!  They were amused!  We came into town and ran into a food market..bought a bag of figs and a few apples.  Next we wanted a place for lunch - the place we chose was full of pilgrims, Helen, the Canadians from Price George, Mary and Georgiana. Best of all they had wifi and I was able to download  9 messages!!!  Thanks friends and family.  We had a lovely french omelet and salads for lunch. 
On the outskirts of town we passed two ladies shucking corn - sitting in the sun with piles of corn all around them.  They were a picture in their kitchen dresses and head scarves, calling out buenas dias to us.  We arrived in O Coto to find Joanie having drinks with Derek & Gayle from Victoria.  We were all staying at the same place.  We had a very nice room with a loft and our own beds and bathroom.  Wifi but no computers so I had to post the blog on my ipod...mos6t tiresome!
Dinner in the dining room was more upscale in decor and table linen that we have seen in awhile.  Food was served family styple - a humungous plate of french fries, delicious! chicken, sort of scallopini style and melt in your mouth beef in a bit of gravy...great for the fries as I don´t think Spain has heard of ketchup yet!.  We chose white wine instead of the usual red.  One of our best dinners and of course loads of fresh, fresh bread that we poured olive oil and salt on!  Oh....first course was  a really good homemade chicken noodle soup or melon with jambon!  After dinner we had ice cream and a strong liquor that is a specialty of the area...Santiago Orujo.  All this is for a set menu price.....13 Euros this evening.  We all were in a jolly frame of mind after all that and it was soon off to bed.