To Orense Stage 27 (bus)

October 9-10

In the morning the sky cleared. What a difference from the previous day when it poured all day and night. We met three peregrinos this morning who we last saw about five days prior. They made yesterday's trek in the rain and they were soaked. We were told that there are many diversions which could add another 6km to today's trek. Also we discovered the albergue in the next town is closed and therefore we would need to trek 40km to Laza for accommodations. Doesn't sound like fun so we took the bus to Orense where we will resume our camino. 

A day off without being on the camino, but we did walk over 10km exploring the Orense river shoreline which has three public and two private hot spring pools, which are a big tourist  attraction. The bridge (Ponte do Milenio) is truly amazing. I first saw this bridge in 2010 when we passed the town by bus. It is a unique design and I discovered today that there are steps that allows you to walk to the top. No thank you. A little too scary.

We were wondering if we would meet other peregrinos, and sure enough we bumped into Meline in our hotel. We met Meline about 10 days ago when she was separated from her friends. They finally reunited and back walking together. I doubt we'll see her again as she is travelling longer distances each day to meet her completion deadline.

See Ourense pics