Day 5

Just a day of doing nothing and getting things in order. Still going for a walk to the Christ statue overlooking the entire city.
There we go again. Tho left 2 hours earlier, and I'm taking it easy. The weather is nice, so why not?

Still a bit restless, causing you to switch off and go on autopilot, allowing you to think every 15 kilometers and thus tick off the miles.
Beautiful views and the road goes up and down,
At the top of the mountain, I'm welcomed by a few families with tea, coffee, and cake. They live in a commune according to the Bible. An older man with some broken English could flawlessly tell me that his son was 19 years old and his daughter was just 3 months old. On the bench next to me were 5 more children, and if you looked around, you could only see children. It's Saturday, and Saturday is the end of the week, so no work is done.

Bien Camino
I continue my path and put on the brakes. Take my time and look around more.

I meet a couple, Tomas & Weda, aged 58 and 72 from Florida. We chat as if we've known each other for years. They have the same backpack, and even Tomas has the same blue dirty girl gaiters on. They hiked the Appalachian Trail in 2019, which is still on my wishlist. But they also had a harrowing story of someone who was brutally killed on the trail. She tells her story crying, it's a relief for her.

And to our great surprise, we all walk into the same hotel together.
No one is present, so I call the phone number. I get a woman on the line with a broken English/Spanish mix. Diez minutos!! Ah, hasta luego.
The Americans take the lead and get their room. I stay calm and patiently wait. Then we are helped and given a full explanation of tapas/pintxos bars, a meat lover's fiesta, really something for non-vegetarian people. We'll stick to cooking ourselves today, as there's a big kitchen we can use.
Tomorrow is Sunday, and everything is closed. So we need to go into the village to buy dinner for two days.

21 kilometers, 597 meters up, and 550 meters down in 5:32 hours.