Lucky for us, there is a spa attached to this hotel where Tuesdays and Wednesdays are special massage discount days. We both had wonderful massages as soon as we arrived last night and they were indeed magic!
Breakfast is also quite an extensive affair here and we feel deserving of pampering.
Dinner was great tonight beginning with beef stew for Craig and a local special garbanzo bean cabbage stew for me. The local food (Maragato) here includes specialties made of all types of carnal delicacies which we don't indulge in.
Still, we eat well. Chocolate is made here and of course a natural food for peregrinos.
The Maragato culture has undetermined origins dating back to the 9th century. Like many indigenous cultures , it has almost disappeared but the resurgence in interest in the Camino is helping to restore it. The little abandoned villages dotting this landscape from Astorga and up over the mountains are the Maragato culture.
The photo in the restaurant shows our waiter insisting that the woman eat her chicken dish because "peregrinos must eat." She has been battling a case of pneumonia since Burgos but is hopefully on the mend. Life can change in an instant . Once again, gratefulness runs through me.
Last photo shows the hotel we stayed at.
We eat well. Everywhere there are "Menu Peregrino" where for 10-12 Euros one gets a 3 course meal with a bottle of wine.
We pay in Euros, not credit cards. Every once in a while, we go to a cash machine and replenish our supply. That way, the fees are kept to a minimum.
Oh how this day of recovery was very necessary. It would be easy to stay....
The Meseta ends at Astorga as we begin tomorrow the ascent. More on that in the upcoming days.
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