Continued from Bom Caminho: A Ponte de Lima Jazz Serenade.
Stage: Ponte de Lima to Rubiaes
22 km
(additional 3 km due to a “Camino provides” situation described below)
Sunrise on my first morning of walking
On the first morning, I learned that the pilgrim lifestyle is early to bed, early to rise. Although I had earplugs in, I was woken at 6:30 by the rustling of plastic bags and loud whispering from three Spanish women a few bunks over. By the time I had dressed, the bigger co-ed dorm, occupied by the Italians and loud snorers, was empty. The only sign of life in the women’s dorm was a sleeping girl in the bunk bed between mine and the window, who shielded her eyes from the sunlight with her slender arm. Only that girl and two older French men were still at the albergue when I left.
The Camino Provides 