Tuesday 31st May 2022 – Day 33 – Palas de Reí – Arzua – 28.9km

Really early start to try and beat the predicted rain again. Another lovely walking day that took us through the town of Melide that we had stayed in 2013. Susan seemed to remember details of it but I can’t say I recall much about it. We did see a barbers which is literally the first one this trip. We met quite a large group of young Americans, one of whom Josiah, explained that they were a choir from a small Christian university in Pennsylvania and that they were going to be singing that night in the town where we were staying.
Anyway our luck ran out about 2 miles from home as we encountered our first rain of the trip. Susan put on her rain jacket but I didn’t bother as it was quite warm and the shirts I have been wearing dry very quickly.
Got checked in, had a quick shower and change of clothes and checked out a restaurant (owned by the hotel) and the location of the cathedral, and went for a few beers.
Back for a siesta and then to the cathedral to hear the choir. The singing was amazing and very moving. Then to dinner which was a very unperegrino menu of scallops and entrecôte steak! Had a blether with Lou from California and Chris from Newcastle, both of whom are meeting their wives in Santiago.