Our day started early, around 5:45 with surprisingly nice cool but thick air. Again, we began with more hords of people. This time, the groups had grown larger...like zombies walking through the night. We did our best to keep our regular quicker cadence, but it was made even quicker as we worried about our camino family being separated from the start of the day.
We started to hear about people reserving albergues yesterday. Before then, we had no idea this was even allowed, but we quickly learned it was true as we wrapped up our walking and began to find our stopping spot for the day. The very first albergue we came to was one of the largest private albergues in town, and even being some of the quicker walkers of the day, we were turned away because it was full. James, Carson and I got a lead on a brand new albergue not in the books and were able to get in without reservation, but the rest of our camino family wasn't as lucky. They had to walk an extra 3.5k to find their stopping point. The interesting piece is our dialog that we shared to make a group decision. We decided as a group, we feel blessed having met and for continuing our journey on the camino together for so much time. We don't like the feeling of racing through this experience, but today definitely could not be as enjoyed as much as all of our other camino days, not due to lack of great company, but due to so many people pilgrimaging.
For dinner tonight, James, Carson and I adventured to try the menu del dia which included ensalada, caldo, lomo, and pulpo along with vino and postres. It was the best menu we have had so far, and Carson was the greatest sport to try the Galician pulpo... served with potatoes. I am so proud to be marrying such an openly adventurous man!!!!!
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