Camino de Santiago - Day 3

O Barco de Veldoras to A Rua - 8.9 miles

The day can officially be classed as a 'lazy day', aka less than 10 miles, so I indulged and stayed in bed for an extra half an hour, what a luxury. The first 2 hours of my day consisted of walking between the main road and the train tracks, not very exciting, but at least the views were lovely. Once I got to the river level, however, the noise level disappeared and the scenery opened up. Vineyards, bee boxes, snow-covered mountains and gorgeous green valleys as far as the eye could see. As I was in no rush to get to my destination I found a lovely spot and had an hour's break after only 6 miles, easy life. I still managed to arrive at my destination at 1 pm which left me half a day of sightseeing and reading by the lake. My accommodation was just WOW; amazing grounds, great history, huge room, massive bathroom and a very chatty and extremely entertaining host. Considering she didn't speak English and my Spanish was less than rudimentary, we (she) spent chatting for 2 hours. I've learned more Spanish today than in the last 3 months - LOVED it.