Hurry up and wait. It is obviously good to have a bed. It is also good to find an albergue with many beds and have a fully functioning kitchen. We have all of that today after a short day. We had enough time to go grocery shopping for today's lunch and dinner and also tomorrow's breakfast and came back to the albergue to have a late lunch. The fully functioning kitchen is heavily utilized. Everyone, at least it seems, was cooking. First for lunch and then for dinner. It is a fantastic atmosphere sometimes with free food for the next chef. You just have to be patient to wait your turn at the one cooktop. We were hovering in the kitchen at around 4 pm when the late lunches had just finished and the early dinner rush had not begun, just trying to prepare what we can and pre-cook stuff that would take a long time.
I split from the group today for about 10 km, choosing the more direct route along the highway and the rest of them went the scenic route that is a little longer. After my foot was being doctored yesterday, I just wanted to walk as little as possible on the simplest surface. It is fortunate that today was a short day with mostly flat terrain. And my foot held up.
A Korean was cooking up a storm in the kitchen for lunch, shrimp pasta, and he looked professional and proclaimed this is his life; perhaps he is actually a professional chef. He prepared much more pasta than what the three of them needed and invited people to take some. He also offered people free leftover ingredients and olive oil. Turned out he lives in Mississauga and one of his friends lives in Kitchener. I was introduced to the London branch of building supplies shop, Patene Building Supplies on Wilton Grove, in case I build a new house or need a new roof. Nice.
After a late lunch, we actually managed to have dinner at reasonable time, grabbing an opening in the cooking queue. Winnie checked that our grocery shopping for 3 meals this time and three years ago both averaging about 6€ per person. We caught the pork chops on sale and got 8 slices for 2.54€, that is about 30 cents a piece. Can't imagine getting that in Canada. Potato, green bean, onion and mushroom to go with the pork chops. Postre was watermelon. Another successful day.
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| All single beds today, no climbing |
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| Pork chop dinner |
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