Ribadiso Albergue : Day 22

Ribadiso Albergue : Day 22

Meaningful Moment

Had a nice talk with Deb this morning about some issues that have been perplexing me in my life. 
I find her to be a fountain of common sense.

Date13 Aug 2026 (Thursday)
WeatherTemperature in the high 80s. Cloud cover that rather quickly gave way to sun, sun, sun in the afternoon.
Total All Caminos: 2450 miles
Lodging (Deb & I): Municipal Albergue de Peregrinos de Ribadiso da Baixo (room provided)
Total Lodging: € 700
Airplane(s):
Total Airplane(s) / Trvl Insrnc: $ 1000 / $ 199
Buses / Trains / Taxis & Rides (Deb & I):
Total Transportation: $ 265
Food (Deb & I): € 10 Coffee and Churros con chocolate
€ 20 ensalada de queso de Arzúa (very salty) & French fries
Total Food: $ 910

Random Thought of the Day

Typical start to a morning. Lots of cleanup because we had lots of people last night. But got it all done and then took a walk into town for some shopping and churros and coffee. It's now shortly before 1:00 p.m. And just waiting for the gates to open and today's peregrinos will get a place to sleep. 

Notable memories

Today, post eclipse, is much quieter at the albergue than yesterday was, although we still managed to slightly overfill the first dormitory building.

It is 6:15 p.m. and all is quiet right now.

Deb and I took time to go to the restaurant next door to get a vegetable salad made with tuna and the local cheese for a local flavor and then some french fries or something with salt. 
The funny thing is that the salad was super salty.



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