Day #13 Trabadelo to O'Cebreiro

This is the view from our Albergue in O'Cebreiro.  We're on top of the world!  We walked about 18.5 km, about half of it uphill -  a longer uphill than yesterday, but we didn't have to go downhill at the end. That will be tomorrow.  Once again, we left in the dark and fortunately had several pilgrims to follow who seemed very confident of the way.  As is our routine, we stopped in a little village at a cafe and had coffee and toast.

Leaving there, we finally began to see the familiar way markers again - the yellow scallop and arrow on a blue background.  ( I can't seem to figure out how to arrange pictures to go with the text, so I'll leave it to readers to figure it out).  The walk, though difficult, was beautiful, first through farm land and chestnut trees and then open so that we could see spectacular vistas as we climbed higher and higher.

Once again we arrived in time to get a bed in the municipal Albergue, and now it is full, all 104 beds.  

It is my granddaughter, Zola's 8th birthday today.  I was able to make a quick call using Marty's limited international minutes to wish her a feliz cumpliaños.