Flowers in Fromista
Hi. Last evening in Fromista was very warm. We appear to have had dinner in the Fawlty Towers restaurant. The waiter had a big tomato stain on his shirt. The lovely looking crusty bread was like concrete and we had to argue for a replacement. When we took up our last fork full of each course he appeared from nowhere to whip away the plate. Finally, to improve his tip chances, we think, he gave us a creme caramel dessert that was not covered by the menu - first mouthful showed it was out of date. We survived it and stomachs are fine today.
Kieran had a slight swelling on his left leg before leaving Ireland and put it down to an insect bite. However the swelling has got worse in the past few days and our diagnosis from looking up Google suggests cellulitis - hardly fatal. So went to the doctor in the health center yesterday evening. Through her broken English and our appalling Spanish she disagreed with our diagnosis and determined it as insect bite or tendon pull. Anyway, we are telling you this because we got all the treatment and medicine for free by producing our European Medical Insurance Card (replacement for the old form E111). Our doctor in Dublin alone would have cost €65! Despite the dodgy appearance of the leg there is no pain and no impact on the walking.
We were in a dorm in Fromista with about four Spanish men and a Spanish woman. The refugio had about 50 people in it and all but about 6 of us were gone by the time we woke at 7am. Our journey was very short at 20km to get to Carrion de Los Condes. We are staying in a lovely hostel run by nuns.
The weather is still very dry and very hot. However, the cooler wetter stuff is expected by the weekend - we will feel at home.
End of an easy walk
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