29. Zamora

The bells eventually stoped ringing and our evening in Toro was great. The central area of the town was buzzing and we cobbled a great meal together with various tapas options and bottle of vino tinto (some of which ended up on Keith’s bandaged hand).

The walk out of town, back down to the river, was a lot easier than the walk up after a long stage yesterday.

From there, it was a long plod to Zamora.

The waymarking had its moments, but basically we knew we just had to keep the river on our right hand side. 

These little plants resembled Camino arrows in their own way.

We passed through two villages on the way and also overtook three pilgrims we hadn’t seen before.

I wasn’t sure whether to be excited or daunted when I saw this sign!! That makes it about 500 kms to Finisterre via Muxia.

At least it wasn’t too far to Zamora.

We checked into the albergue, where there were numerous pilgrims from the Camino via de la Plata, which merges with the Levante here in Zamora. After washing etc we went off to explore the town, and what a place it is - very classy compared to most of what I have been through this past month.

Tonight we will participate in a shared meal at the albergue. This will be a nice change for me and a first for Keith, so should be really good. 

How’s this for a Plaza of plain trees - all joined, not only with themselves but with each other.

So, I have come to the end of the third stage of my pilgrimage - 800 kms walked. The legs feel pretty good so here’s to the rest of the road.

Buen Camino, Neils 

P.S. I probably didn’t need this (or the other one I ate) but gee it tasted good!

Also, I just bumped in to Jean-Pierre and Danièle, and also Uli, so in the end we finished the Levante on the same day.