O Cebreiro to Samos
O Cebreiro will give you the most espectacular view of El Camino. It was a village in the clouds. Saying that implies that this morning I was descending for almost 20 km. I run all the descending with Marcos. Oscar, Fernando, and Oscar stayed behind. Only Gonzalo, Alex, and Mario kept behind us, but made it to our albergue at Samos. We took the alternative route that would take us to the older Benedictine monastery in Spain.
Galicia is a beautiful Region. The mountains, and the natural terrain make the area a perfect walk. Running this are was a perfect event.
Arriving to Samos by a hill, you will have a awesome view of the monastery. The walls of rock made through the years introduce you to the valley.
We went to the monastery but at the wrong time. Therefore, we went to the monastery albergue. It opened at 1pm.
A “hospitalero” from Montana received us, and took our information. It was a “donativo” shelter. I put my donativo in the box, and proceeded to my bed. When I moved the pillow in my bed, bed bugs run away. Marcos experience was worst. He found thicks. We looked each other, and walk out. We told the hospitalero that we will be back, but we decided to found another place to stay.
Gonzalo, Mario, and Alex where arriving to town, and heard our story. We all stayed in a good place across the street of the monastery. It had a nice view. The five of us went to eat lunch in a great place. If you want more they will serve you more, at the same price. This restaurant is in my top list of el Camino. We all took a nap till 6pm.
Before dinner, we went to the next door bar. The topic of the conversation was the sacraments of baptism and confessions. I ended giving a quick class of both sacraments. I was amazed by their reception to listen and understanding. I truly enjoyed their companionship.
For dinner a Italian man invited all the guest to eat a great Italian dinner. We just paid for drinks.
It was a great night of conversations, dinner, beer, and wine.