After a communal breakfast, we were last to set out in the rain,
which increased to an Atlantic gale as we got into the hills.
All the advertised cafes were shut, and we arrived wet and cold in
San Vincente. After a hot chocolate and chocolate cake in the
first bar we came too, we went to check out the bus station
and found some of our fellow pilgrims warming up.
We decided to book an afternoon bus to our next stop,
Unquera, and to look around the fishing village,
once an important starting point for pilgrims with
medieval hospices, church and a castle.
With only a slight hitch when my phone with the
bus tickets on it stopped working and had to be recharged
and restarted, we got the bus for a 15min trip to the
old fashioned hostel with its individual rooms we
were staying in.
After changing into dry clothes we went out
looking for somewhere to eat, but not only do Spanish restaurants open late,
today was a rest day, so we made do with hot chocolate
and pastries (aparently a local delicacy judging from the piles
of boxed pastries piled up in shops) and then got salads
from the local supermarket to eat in our room.
