Primitivo - Day 0: Transit to Ovideo, Spain (6/12/18)

This is the beginning of another "Adventure in Spain".  I'll walk one day of the Camino Primitivo, then volunteer for 15 days in a pilgrim's hostel (aka Albergue), then continue walking the Camino route to Santiago de Compostela.

I left home at 4am to catch a flight from Seatlle to Dallas then a red-eye flight to Madrid.  The train connections from the airport to Madrid Chamartin station was easy with 3 trains per hour and 15 minute journey.  I caught the ~11:45am train for a 4.5 hour ride to Ovideo.  The train station is a 10 minute walk to the Cathedral, the official starting point of the Primitivo route and another 10 minutes to the albergue where I spent the night.

My lodging - the El Salvador Albergue de Peregrinos

Oviedo Cathedral, the official starting point of the ancient Camino Primitivo.  Parts of the cathedral date back over a thousand years.

Dinner was Fabadas Asturias - bean stew and a bottle of red wine.  All for less than $10.