Yesterday I walked 20 Kms mostly right beside the N-120, a very busy highway, not the receded route, because Mary from SA recommended an alberque. She said in her email that I'd love the food, everything organic and vegetables from its garden! At this point, I would walk a mile for a green vegetable! The Spanish grow them, but we never see them on menu.
The Albergue Vieira was a dream come true. Walking in, on the right is an open kitchen with baskets of tomatoes, green beans, zucchini, red peppers onions. Heaven! Both the proprietress and the cook were smiling welcomingly, and both dinner and breakfast could be ordered at registration. The total cost for two scrumptious meals, bed, shower and which was later served with laundry opportunity was 21 euros - about $30.
My new young friend from Germany Laura and I were invited into the kitchen for spoonfuls of a delicious and, praise God and pass the biscuits , SPICY! Tomato-based sauce later served with dinner. The menu: a vegetarian paella )I got the recipe!), bread, plates of them/sliced Spanish ham, chorizo and salami, chicken ices roasted with garlic in a slightly thickened gravy and mushrooms sautéed with garlic. There was the always free in Spain vino Tinto.
The desserts were not homemade but everyone was happy-I had yoghurt natural, but there was chocolate mousse with or without whipped cream and several flavors of ice cream.
There were only nine of us - a Frencj couple, a young Spanish couple walking the Camino to help decide whether to marry (a dilemma because she has a good job in Mexico and he is very involved with his family's hotel in Madrid), three South Koreans (young man with father, and a young woman walking alone), me and Laura.
As usual, the common language was English. Whew. We had a wide-ranging discussion and many toasted. A wonderful evening, and if we meet again on the Camino, I'm sure we'll feel like old friends.
Time to rest these eyes!
Love to all - mary burton
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