Október 31, 2017, Day 5

After finally sleeping the whole night, we had breakfast at the sisters. An old (and clearly very sleepy) nun served us breakfast at 7am: bread, a whole pot of coffee and a freshly baked cake.

Then, while Marti made herself ready for the day, I went to the post office - the previous days - continuously thought about the things, I don't absolutely necessary need. So I made a shortlist:
a wool jacket - nice and warm, but took too much space,
a bedsheet - very homey but really heavy (ca 500grams)
a t-shirt I would not need before Porto
a textile bag - I could substitute with a foldable shopping bag (bevásárlószatyor)
and my thermos.
The post office in Carrios de los Condes first opened at 8:30, I was there at 8:32, but two Italian ladies were already before me: they also had a package sent home :)
I was given a box by the post guy, where everything fit - with the exception of my thermos - so I took this as a sign and took my thermos with me.

I went back, and we still went shopping with Marti - we already learned that you have to shop when and where a shop has open, and not when and where you would prefer.
Finally it was already 9:30 until we left - and we still had 26,4 km to go.
And these were a very long 26,4 km. Especially that there was nothing on the first 17km.

OK, we went along the road at first, then changed to an old roman road (straight as a stick) for about endless.

When we finally got to the first village, we had lunch there - they are absolutely clear about their monopol situation, so here we paid 18 Eur for 2 mixed salads and two glasses of wine (the average price for these here is ca € 12). But we needed the rest and the calories (as much as a green salad has...) and the next 1,5 hours to Ledigos kind of flew away. And of course I couldn't get the title song of Elsa (let it go, let it go, Ledigos) out of my mind...
If I would have been alone, most likely I would have stayed in Ledigos.

But we had a plan going on until Terradillos de los Templarios (igen, a templomosok), where my book mentioned 2 possibilities to stay overnight, but one of them was already closed for winter. The other one had bunk beds, which we first choose, but upon arriving in the room (all male, mini room, completely full, chances for snoring room mate: 100%) we "upgraded" for a room with normal beds (costing €10 instead of €8). The room mates were nice early-pensioners from Mexico (only one of them snoring - bingo).
They were a brother and a sister plus a friend of the brother - she heard about the Camino during a holiday in Spain 15 years ago, and now she was here at the age of 68 walking it.
A dream come true?