Rest Day

After a long and tiring day yesterday we felt like we needed a break. We walked around in the city of Ponferrada for the morning and took a bus to Villafranca del Bierzo in the afternoon instead of doing more walking. We are also trying to get ahead a bit so we have more time for our last 100 km which will be coming up soon! We must walk the last 100km-it's the Camino rule!! That might mean we will need a few other rides in the next few days. We don't want to miss anything but understand that we have limits. Tomorrow's stretch (following the guidebook) is over 30 km and we know we can't do that, especially because it's a big climb. We'll figure it out. In the meantime here are more pictures!

 12th century Templar castle, now a national monument in Ponferrda

 Field trip to the castle for these school kids!

Cool car and lots of paparazzi

A Templar knight

Basilica in Ponferrada 

Emily in Villafranca

We are staying on the outskirts of town so this is the view walking back into town

Photos from both sides of the bridge

Hasta luego!