Day 6: Xunqueira to Ourense

Distance: 13 miles / 20 km

Total: 87 miles

Notable memories

Liosh and I spent some of the walk this morning by speaking in Russian, at a basic level, but none the less, I never thought I'd be speaking Russian on the Camino.

This is my last day to be with the Dutch folks, Franz and Bernadette, and the Hungarian, Liosh, as I'm taking a rest day tomorrow to go to Santiago to catch up with an old Camino amigo from 2016.

Jos is a Dutchman. He and I hiked about five or six days together on the Via de La Plata, to include climbing the highest point on that Camino, Pico de Los Duenos. We took time out at the top to look over the valley, have some lunch and share stories of our childhood.

Breaking dawn over Xunqueria

Not everything on the Camino is beautiful. Often we have to go through the industrial zones.

 It's a great day to be hiking Spain.

Plaza de Mayor, Ourense

It's a typical Saturday night in Spain and the center of the city is just looking beautiful.