Valga albergue to Padron - about 6 miles. Country roads with grapes and corn everywhere - a really nice walk - beautiful flowers and gardens.
The homes in this area are so beautiful, old stone construction but many are not in livable shapes. Many with roofs caving in and walls falling in. The ones in good condition obviously had more care over the years. I wonder the cost of repair and maintenance only because they are so wonderful and old.
As we walked into Padron we were noticing lots of cars and people. It was Sunday and Padron had a Sunday market of sorts. We got checked in and were told to lock up passports and phones and excess money because of the pickpocketing issues.
We followed advise and went to the Market. The market was mostly clothes and stuff we didn't care about plus the crowd was really thick and we decided we didn't want to fight that, so we went back to room. Showers and naps. We were fortunate we weren't sharing a room. We had a bunk bed, but decided to put the top mattress on the floor for John. Less disruptive for getting up and down.
Upon returning we discovered our new friends, Kersten and Marleen from the Netherlands, were also staying at the hostel. We met them early on in our journey and have been crisscrossing paths ever since.
We decided to go exploring after the market had closed. The mess / garbage from the market was huge. The city already had a crew cleaning it up and by the time we returned from our exploring it was gone.
We went to the Igrexa de Santiago cathedral - St. James cathedral with the famous O Pedron stone. Supposedly (because some people do not believe the legends) the boat carrying the body of James the Apostle tied up to the quayside along the river bank to this stone. It was an amazing stone, legend or not.
The hostel is attached to a bar / restaurant, so eating and drinking was easy. This part of Spain is famous for their Padron peppers and they are awesome for sure.
The old part of Padron is typical old Spain with narrow streets lined by multi-story stone buildings. A very lovely town and we enjoyed our time there.
The homes in this area are so beautiful, old stone construction but many are not in livable shapes. Many with roofs caving in and walls falling in. The ones in good condition obviously had more care over the years. I wonder the cost of repair and maintenance only because they are so wonderful and old.
As we walked into Padron we were noticing lots of cars and people. It was Sunday and Padron had a Sunday market of sorts. We got checked in and were told to lock up passports and phones and excess money because of the pickpocketing issues.
We followed advise and went to the Market. The market was mostly clothes and stuff we didn't care about plus the crowd was really thick and we decided we didn't want to fight that, so we went back to room. Showers and naps. We were fortunate we weren't sharing a room. We had a bunk bed, but decided to put the top mattress on the floor for John. Less disruptive for getting up and down.
Upon returning we discovered our new friends, Kersten and Marleen from the Netherlands, were also staying at the hostel. We met them early on in our journey and have been crisscrossing paths ever since.
We decided to go exploring after the market had closed. The mess / garbage from the market was huge. The city already had a crew cleaning it up and by the time we returned from our exploring it was gone.
We went to the Igrexa de Santiago cathedral - St. James cathedral with the famous O Pedron stone. Supposedly (because some people do not believe the legends) the boat carrying the body of James the Apostle tied up to the quayside along the river bank to this stone. It was an amazing stone, legend or not.
The hostel is attached to a bar / restaurant, so eating and drinking was easy. This part of Spain is famous for their Padron peppers and they are awesome for sure.
The old part of Padron is typical old Spain with narrow streets lined by multi-story stone buildings. A very lovely town and we enjoyed our time there.
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