Tuesday in Palas de Rei and counting down

Heavy legs Tuesday - that is what it felt like. I left Portomarin quite early to avoid the traffic jams and had a fairly uneventful walk to Palas de Rei. This is hill country and everthing is up and down  - no level walking. Still it is through farmyards and country lanes so it is attractive walking.

There is a new frangrance that I have become quite familiar with. Besides the smell of cattle dung, I have noticed thatoften in the fields there are giant bales wrapped in plastic and they have an unusual smell - think rich, earthy, sweetish fermenting and you have it. So all these smells are good indicators of what I am passing as I walk. 

I arrived in Palas de Rei just after 1 pm as the albergues were opening, so I stopped at the first and found a bed. Around 6 in the evening I wandered off to find a supermarket to get some toiletries when I bumped in Rod and Debs - so it was a drink and supper together. We found a nice looking place which had a pilgrims meal, and I chose to have pulpo y patats (approximate recall of name). Pulpo is a speciality of Galicia ( the region I am in) so I decided I must have some. Pulpo is octopus and the dish was delicious as long as I did not look too closely at what I was eating. (Sometimes little nodules and suckers sticking out of your food can be a little disconcerting if you are not used to it.) THe octupus was served on potatoes with a delicious sauce and covered in paprika (I think). 

After dinner it was a little too late to find an internet cafe, so it was off to bed.

Adios.