Ponferrada (Part 2 - Day off!!) - 2006

We enquired with the receptionist about staying a second night in Ponferrada, she told us that the whole hotel is booked out as the weddings were on Saturday night. Not long after that we received a phone call from the receptionist telling us there´d been a cancellation and we could stay. This was fate, our clothes were still wet, Kev was feeling a bit fluey, our knees were giving us heaps and blisters needed airing out.

Today (Saturday) was forecasted rain, but you wouldn´t believe the sky when we woke, picture perfect blue sky, the complete opposite of yesterday. We couldn´t believe it, we could actually see the mountains, too think how different the weather was the day before. Anyway, today we had a lovely day, wandering around town, bought some chorizo, cheese, bread and sat in the park for a while, spent some time in the terrace drinking the local wine and eating tapas in the sun, just relaxing.

This evening the weddings were being celebrated in town, so we congregated to the church to watch. Normally we have found the Spaniards dress up, but when there´s a wedding on, its like the Logies!! Full suits, some in tails, the woman all in different coloured ball gowns with their hair on the side, & roses & flowers in their hair, wearing typical Spanish shawls. You´d think they were in the wedding party, but these were just the guests!! It was enjoyable to watch, however our hotel room was on the main plaza and so were the celebrations and the lonely bag piper trying to make some money..until about 1am. So not much sleep tonight!