We had coffee and cookies in the albergue’s little kitchen and were on the trail by 6:30am. Weather was clear and comfortable for walking. As yesterday, we walked on a gravel/dirt track between cultivated and grain fields. There were no villages to stop for refreshment so we had a bit of trail mix and chocolate and continued to our destination of Zamora, crossing the river Duoro into the city over a medieval bridge nearly 300m in length. We arrived ~10:30am and found that the municipal albergue did not open until 2pm. So, we wandered the old city, admiring the many squares and had coffee and pastry at a nice bakery cafe. We watched a procession of mostly young girls in white dresses and a few boys - probably after their first communion. After visiting the Zamora city museum we returned to the albergue and waited in a queue for the doors to open. The two hospitalleros are native english speakers (Australia and USA) so that was a pleasant change. Lynn, who we thought had been left behind due to a sore knee, caught up with us and is in the same room. After a shower, we went out for groceries and lunch. I had wanted to go to “”Bar Abuela I” but it was closing as we arrived at 3pm. Instead, we went to a small bar across the street and had hamburguesas and several glasses of local red wine. Our favorite was the “24 Mozas”. The house red wine was only 1 euro per glass but we splurged on 1.5 and 2.2 euro glasses. Sure wish we could find these wines in the USA.
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