To the Roman town of Astorga (Su 29 Sep)

Great day today from start to finish.  Dry and mostly sunny, varied terrain through farmlands and villages, arriving at a great Albergue and lucking out to get a 4 bunk room with a view that we are sharing with 2 young Korean women.

Path today cut a swath through this planted forest:

Some dark clouds, but it never did rain:

And into this village, where some folks have spiffed up their homes with a fresh application of  mud and a coat of paint.  

Perhaps they are thinking of selling?  Hope prospects pay attention to cracks in the side wall!

Curious old tractor parked in the village.  Wonder what it could be hauling?

Grapes!  First harvest of grapes we've seen:

Father and daughter from Germany.  We met a mother and son from BC yesterday:

Ready for the winter:

Critters like this will consume the stuff:

And, sadly, this little one looks to be destined to be a plate of veal :(

Everyone poses with this pilgrim statue, wearing many layers of castoff clothing:

Another wheeled device -- simple shopping cart:

And finally arriving in Astorga, a Roman town established in 200 BC, yes over 2000 years ago:

Ran into some old friends, Tom from the UK and behind, Ross from Oz:

Roman ruins, under a glass cover, with our albergue in the background:

And the cathedral,

Figure at the top of the rear of the cathedral:

And a Gaudi building:

More of the Gaudi -- great arrangement of the stain glass windows:

With all the fanciful architecture, this somehow almost seemed like a normal thing to see for sale:

And our buddy Alex from the UK who we hadn't seen since day 4 at Cizur Maner, posing as a way marker behind a real, but faded one:

Our albergue, the light coloured building with a view over the valley we'd walked today: