Interesting morning. The pilgrims woke at 6:00 a.m. but were very respectful and quiet. What a change. We got up later and had a small breakfast with instant coffee and hit the road close to 8:00. The weather is very humid and today's walk took us uphill most of the way. Fortunately, much of our walk was on shaded paths. We had some good instructions which told us not to follow the signs for a short bit where we cruised a town and found an open Panaderia/Confiteria where we got some great baked treats. A couple of Cafe con leches and we were fueled to go. We hit the 20 kilometer mark which was a nice sized town and we had a decision to stay or travel another 8 kilometers where there was a small albergue. We gambled and started walking. It was a strenuous, steep climb. And as we walked a storm brewed. We got to a landmark that was within one kilometer of the albergue but the skies darkened. As we neared, the rains started to come so Joan started running! I followed suit and we got to the albergue before the heavy rains fell. We were only the second group to get there. Slowly the albergue has filled up with some of the people who stayed at the place we did the night before and who had left before us. It's a very eclectic albergue run by a well known hospitalero. Resting now and looking forward to a Peregrino communidad meal later.
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