We leave the hotel and continue our pilgrimage west. The Camino is nestled in the valley floor where we follow the Rio Burbia and later the Rio Valcarce. We pass lots of tiny villages filled with tiny little cafes. Our hotel is in the hamlet of Herrerias, but we continue up the hill to La Faba in order to reduce the mileage for tomorrow.

The climb to La Faba (the bean) casts us back centuries. Most notable are the Chestnut trees which at this time of year are dropping their fruit. Several casualties were reported but the little cafe on top with the Italian and Argentinian managers soothed our nerves with cerveza. An amazing climb and then the shuttle back down to the bar and hotel above which hung new expansion bridges so out of time and space. A lovely meal of shrimp and garlic ended the night and fortified us for tomorrow's climb.