Slow River Day
I woke up at 7 am or so and laid lazily in bed until 8:30 or nine reading and resting. Who is this person who has inhabited my body? This is not me. I don't lay in bed unless I'm sleeping. Dear me. Will this become a habit? A lifestyle?
I eventually got up, got myself together and wandered down to breakfast. It was so nice. They brought me my whole little pot of coffee and another little pot of not milk, so I could mix my own café con leche. I drank a cup. I need caffeine before I even think about eating. Them I got some melocotón (peach) juice, some slices of watermelon, pineapple, cherries, and pimientos padrón! They had pimientos padrón for breakfast. It was spectacular! Then I noticed the corn flakes! Real honest to goodness Kellogg's cornflakes. I don't think I told you about my experiment. I tried some Spanish cornflakes about a month ago and they just didn't cut it. And I don't especially like Kellogg's cornflakes at home with American milk. Last year in Santiago I ate Kellogg's cornflakes by the half box full for breakfast and dinner. So it must be the combination of Kellogg's cornflakes and Spanish milk that I like so much. So I grabbed a box and a bowl and had me a treat. Yummeee!
After breakfast, I headed to the train station and got a ticket for Vigo. From Vigo, I need to take a bus to Baiona to stay at the Parador there. I wanted to go to Baiona last year but the timing didn't work. It is supposed to be spectacular. It's built inside an old fortress that protected Vigo Bay. One side of the Parador faces the Bay and one side faces to sea. It is on the Spanish coast, very close to the Portuguese border. I hope I'm not disappointed. I also hope to eat some local seafood.
I had packed up a bunch of stuff I wouldn't need while staying in hotels the next few days and left it at the albergue to lighten my pack.
I enjoyed the walk to and from the train station. It's about twenty minutes each way. Lots of people were out walking and doing their daily shopping. When I got back I did a photo shoot of storks and their babies living in two nests between the albergue and the Parador. Then I went for a luxurious walk along the river. It is so beautiful. I just strolled, yes, me strolling, who knew? Crazy, huh? Took a bunch of pictures.
By the time this was all done, it was time to eat lunch/dinner. I basically fell into the habit of eating one meal a day while walking. Spanish dinners are too late to eat much. I don't sleep well on a full stomach. So I would eat around two or three when I finished walking. I seem to still be doing that only a little later today because I had breakfast. So Mr. Burple and I sat out on the Terrace of the hotel and watched the storks while we ate a bocadillo. We had a diet coke with our bocadillo, then some café and chocolate brownie ice cream. It was a very relaxed meal. That ebbed about 6 pm.
Since then I've been posting pictures and reading. And now it is time to sleep. I have to get up by 7 am so I will have time to eat some corn flakes before I walk to the train station to catch my train. It's about a four-hour train ride I think. So night all. Sweet dreams.
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