Christa and Ute brought us a point where we hoped to find the Camino to Finisterre crossing a road. The G P S could not find any of the villages on our map so we had to try and find it the olf fashioned way by actually reading the map and looking for the turns. We did quite well but never found the village we were looking for . Suddenly at a crossroads we saw peregrinos walking along the road. I jumped out and they said, yes, this is the Camino so Werner and I got our backpacks out of the car, said a quick goodbye to Christa and Ute and joined the others. It was about 8:30.
We were looking for a village called Vilaserio and after about 2 km we came to it. It was not where our map showed it so we probably would not have found it driving. Christa and Ute had their own program for the day so continued on their way.
We continued on the Camino which is well marked. The weather was cool and soon we had to get ponchos out for a heavy shower with enough wind to make sure our trousers also got wet. It only lasted about 15 minutes and then there was sun again. The trail was hilly and went from gravel roads to asphalt but there was not much traffic except farm vehicles so the walking was quite easy.
We continued on for about two hours before we came to a café where we had a café con leche and bought a boccadillo to share later.
While we were having our coffee a second heavy rain shower came by so we missed that one. Back on the road continuing on towards our planned stop for the night at Oliveiroa.
One more hill to climb and then we could see the lake Embalse da Fervenza. A lake formed by a dam.
Another rain shower, this one only about 5 minutes but enough to make us get ponchos out again, and then we descended towards Oliveiroa which is near the end of the lake.
Over a bridge and another 2 km to the Albergue which is modern and very nice. It was about 2:00 pm. We were assigned beds and then a beer to go with our boccadillos for a late lunch. We would have stopped for lunch earlier but there were no dry places to sit after the rain showers.
The Albergue is called Albergue Horreo. I now know that is the name for the grain storage buildings we see everywhere. They are "Horreos". There is a big one in front of the Albergue. In this part of Galicia the walls are made completely of stone rather than wood.
Today we walked 22 km. Tomorrow we will have 30 km to Finisterre. The weather forecast is for rain most of the day. If that happens we may take a take a taxi and bus to Finisterre. We'll decide in the morning. We don't want to walk all day in the rain.
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