Finally, the rain goes away and the sun makes an appearance. What a welcome sight. We arose and had a "proper" coffee and hit the trail. Because of being between stages, there are few pilgrims where we were staying. We passed most of the early risers quickly and soon had a very quiet path. It was a very beautiful morning as we retraced our steps from two years ago. This was a section that was very hard for us then due to our circumstances that day. We ended up taking our morning break at Oliveiroa, a place we stayed last time. It had changed dramatically as they had built a new cafe and store. We took a long break for coffee and some snacks. Sundays in Spain are "survival days" for us because of the limited resources so we ate some junk while we could. We continued and finally reached the fork in the road where you choose to go to either Finisterre or to Muxia. This time we chose to head directly for Muxia. We had scoped out a town that was only four more kilometers up the road, leaving us 20k for the descent into the destination village tomorrow. When we got to town the first place we came to was the municipal albergue. It was a purpose built place constructed in 2010 but it's in an odd location so it looks like it gets little use. When we enter the front, the sign says, "take a free bed, someone will come by tonight to collect 6 euro". We find only one peregrino. It's really quite sketchy and creepy. We decided to see if we could find the local pension we had read about. Unfortunately, we couldn't find it and instead found the only place open that had any food. We bought a few items and headed back to the muni. We bathed (little hot water) and washed some clothes (best resource here). Another couple from Italy that was at our albergue last night just showed up so it doesn't feel quite as sketchy because the lady is real loud (lol). Now, if they would just bathe and/or wash their clothes. Anyway, looking forward to morning as we take our final long walk day into the quaint town of Muxia.
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