Monday, October 17, 2016

Day 24: Foncebadòn to Ponferrada

Ponferrada is a city of 69,000 people, although I find it hard to believe. We had passed through several totally cute villages today... then arrived here - eh. Not so cute!

Manjarin was the first to surprise me.  Not convinced it contained more than 2 houses, but dang, it was eccentric, in a good way.





Fall is in the air.  While there are a few blackberries for the taking, most are a bit moldy... starting to launch themselves off the brambles and onto the ground.  Why the birds aren't eating them, I'll never know.  I turn myself into a contortionist just to grab a couple!



Riego  de Ambròs  - adorable!








Molinaseca- it was quaint and enchanting on the outset... with hard to reach fig trees, but ultimately not my favorite village today. 





Arriving at Ponferrada, we checked into the albergue that sleeps 174! It's new, nice, well staffed and lends itself nicely to home cooking. 😀

Lentil stew!



2 comments:

DCB said...

Congratulations on the end of day #24! You are such a trooper. Pierre has the best mustache. The food photos are making me drool. xoxoxoxo

Unknown said...

Sorry, that was actually me Dana logged in under Cristopher. XOXOx