yesterday I had the grumps - had a very bad night not just because of the snoring symphony but because of lots of people crammed in the alburgue - selfish noisy inconsiderate people so did not have a good rest at all - to top it off the nuns had a 9.30 curfew so we missed out on the best Tapas in spain - on a positive note who should come around the corner that afternoon but Jeremy and Dean on bicycles.... they were staying at a youth hostel just out of town who had free bikes - wow we had not seen Jeremy for 7 days - we had heard about him, a german man even showed me a photo of him on his camera.... it was good to see him - he is very brown now - finding our way out of Leon was very confusing - they obviously had a city bylaw not to have the yellow arrows instead had bronze scallop shells set in to the pathway, it also seemed to take forever so I was still grumping away to myself - we also left town as people and school children were coming the other way so it was a little frenetic we also passed lovely large shop windows a very rare thing with comfortable looking beds on display.... and also the Parador a 5 star hotel in an old hospital.... mrs grumpy really got the better of me this morning and up until about 10am when we came across a group of school children on a school excursion - acting out being pilgrims they were walking 6km and had these funny little hats and their backpacks - so cute they were all excited so finally my mood lifted. the road was very straight and a little boring after this distraction the temperature very hot and we did not arrive at in Hospital de Orbigo until the early evening. Torsten and Jeremy cooked tea which was yummy- must admit to finding the albergues a little bit clasutraphobic - too many people in one room - I would definitely not cope on a submarine....
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