SNORING AND WINE

Snoring in the albergues is a problem for some. Most pilgrims bring ear plugs and manage to get some sleep. I've have several experiences with pilgrims snoring, the first happening on my first night on the Camino. In Orisson I was sharing a room with two other pilgrims and one, upon putting his head on the pillow started snoring. I was prepared so I dug my ear plugs out of my pack and hoped for the best. The best didn't happen. He snored until he woke up in the morning and I heard it all.

 

The next night I opted for a private room in a pension and I slept for 11 hours. I continued for some days sleeping in private rooms and then switched back to alberques. I had several nights of good sleep and didn't have to suffer through someone snoring, until......the tractor lady. I was in a bunk room with 4 ladies. That's the way it is in albergues, you get assigned a bunk and it's the luck of the draw. Well, she snored and snored loudly. Ear plugs were of no use and the walls vibrated most of the night. I guess I made too many noises trying to wake her that in the morning her friend tore into me. She said I didn't help the situation but since we were all awake anyway I didn't see how anything I did made it any worse. Her friend could have easily asked her to roll over. I suggest that if she snores all the time, perhaps she should get a private room so as not to disturb others.

 

The next evening I was in a room with three ladies. I was dead tired from no sleep the night before. I snored. In the morning I was told that I snored all night. I apologized profusely and took my own advice. I now stay exclusively in private rooms.

 

I did run into the lady who snored while checking into a hotel in Burgos. She was checking in too. Maybe she took my advice. I greeted her with a friendly "Hola". She sneered at me.

The Camino continues

 

With a rest day in Carrión de los Condes, Alex, Len and I enjoyed the farm equipment show and had some of our best food so far. with lots of different venders plying us with different foods of the region. Of course we had to sample everything, including the biggest donut I've ever seen. Later in the evening we opted to forgo the pilgrims menu and order off the regular menu. Great choice as the food was great. A warm salad, called the King Salad and Ox Tails. Of course washed down the the great Spanish wine.

Now that's a donut

Alex drink wine like the locals

King Salad

Ox Tails

 

A word about the wine. The Spanish wine is really good, and inexpensive. Between 1 and 2 € a glass. When you order a fix price meal, like from the Pilgrims Menu, it comes with a bottle of water or a bottle of wine since they cost about the same here. Another plus is that there are no sulfites in the wine, so no headache or hangover. I tend to drink a lot of wine.

While taking the day off, we sent a lot of our time sitting outside one of the local bars watching to world go by. Camino friends would stop and we would catch up with one another. We sat there for so long that a local canidate for mayor, Andre, stopped and asked for our votes.

Passed the halfway point a couple of days ago, so it's all downhill from here.

 

The Mesta keeps on going

Tired Pilgrims

 

 

 

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