Saturday, May 17, 2008

Day 26 Molinaseca 26 km, Day 25 Rabanal 24 km

Day 26 Molinaseca 26 km,
Great walking in torrential rains!

Day 25 Rabanal 24 km

Stayed at the British confraternity here and it was wonderful. A great couple from New York City with an art gallery and stuff and volunteering here. Amazing people and so hard working making sure that everyone had the best experience. A wonderful garden and sunshine for the afternoon.
Great dinner in a wonderful restaurant.

Day 24 Astorga 17km
A great town to visit - home of chocolate making, the Gaudi museum, a great private hostel where the owners also were related to the first class Gaudi restaurant opposite the museum. If the town has a choice of restaurants I usually ask the host/propietor for a recommendation. I enjoyed the classy restaurant and we got a discount because there is a relationship between the refugio and the restaurant. White table linen (not the usual paper) and first class service (usually the poor waiter/waitress is running to serve so many tables. They do a great job but so many tables). I met two Canmore ladies whilst at lunch so when my friends left I continued socializing and having some wine with them. We, everybody, were so lucky that the sun managed to shine all day as rain was threatening. I enjoyed both the inside and outside of the museum and the Gaudi design. Gaudi seems to have a Disney, castle-like design in some of his buildings. I enjoyed it all so much today wandering the town and stumbling or finding another awesome refugio with lots of character.

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