Santiago de Compostela - Day 2
Rain
We have an open day. So we tried to get ready for a complicated day tomorrow and get familiarized with the places that we will need to be. There is no more yellow arrows. We can go anywhere we want using whatever route, that is not always easy, particularly with the irregular street layout here. Yesterday I used the GPS exclusively to guide me along going back to the albergue from the Catedral. That is not usually how I work. A little better today. I will get my sense of direction back soon.
We went to revisit the Catedral again today without the crowd. There is no lineup to see the apostle or the casket. The Catedral is very impressive. Too bad it is under renovation with scaffolding surrounding one of the towers.
We found the market in Santiago, only 5 hilly minutes from the albergue, simply because the albergue is up on the hill. Good view though. The market has 5 long aisles with fruits, vegetables, meat, seafoods, cheeses and processed meats. We took the opportunity to get grocery for lunch and dinner just ahead of the rain being forecast for today again. We had pork chops for lunch and for dinner, the most amazing clam and shrimp spaghetti, with green and white beans, that we have had the entire trip, all for 24€. We had an early dinner to avoid the dinner cooking rush at the albergue and had time to go out for dessert in the city park. Feeding the pigeons pastries caused a melee.
3.30€ lunch, not each person, all three
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