Our day began with a delightful breakfast, again in our private dining room - fresh juice, fresh cherries, toasted pan de Cea with jams and butter, pastries, coffee and more.
Since they knew we were not hiking, arrangements were made the day before with the company that transported our suitcases - we would go in the same "taxi" as the luggage. This gave us the morning to spend in Reboredo. Following a hand drawn map and instructions from our non-English speaking hosts, we tried a short hike in town. We actually headed away from town towards the river. This took us past several dairy farms, and was very scenic.
When we got to the river, I decided to turn around and go back because I had reached my limit - about a half mile. Patty continued on across the river only to discover that there was a very steep uphill trail to get to the main road that would loop through the town and back to our guesthouse. She easily caught up with me.
Around 1:00, the taxi arrived and we and our luggage embarked on the drive to Casa de Botica in Os Casares. It was even better than Casa Casarellos and Casa Goris, both of which were excellent. The big difference was those two were old, existing buildings that had been brought up to modern day standards while Case de Botica appears to have been built new but in the style of the older buildings. We checked out the beautiful landscaping and the horreos (pronounced as orraos with rolling the two letters r and a long A) which were only replicas.
When then had a couple of beers and tapas while sitting in the sun in the main courtyard. Actually it was three beers each. And then we took a nap.
We then went to the swimming pool. It was an outdoor pool, but it was covered by a green house like building that could be slid out of the way once the summer heat arrived. The air inside the building was quite warm, but the water was still a little cold - of course, that did not stop me.
The grounds were quite extensive, several acres, and much of it was prepared for guests to enjoy the replica of a small genteel farm.
At dinner that night, there was another group of eight hikers that had their own table in a separate dining room from our table. Another excellent repast with plenty of wine and more after dinner liquor.
Since they knew we were not hiking, arrangements were made the day before with the company that transported our suitcases - we would go in the same "taxi" as the luggage. This gave us the morning to spend in Reboredo. Following a hand drawn map and instructions from our non-English speaking hosts, we tried a short hike in town. We actually headed away from town towards the river. This took us past several dairy farms, and was very scenic.
When we got to the river, I decided to turn around and go back because I had reached my limit - about a half mile. Patty continued on across the river only to discover that there was a very steep uphill trail to get to the main road that would loop through the town and back to our guesthouse. She easily caught up with me.
Around 1:00, the taxi arrived and we and our luggage embarked on the drive to Casa de Botica in Os Casares. It was even better than Casa Casarellos and Casa Goris, both of which were excellent. The big difference was those two were old, existing buildings that had been brought up to modern day standards while Case de Botica appears to have been built new but in the style of the older buildings. We checked out the beautiful landscaping and the horreos (pronounced as orraos with rolling the two letters r and a long A) which were only replicas.
When then had a couple of beers and tapas while sitting in the sun in the main courtyard. Actually it was three beers each. And then we took a nap.
We then went to the swimming pool. It was an outdoor pool, but it was covered by a green house like building that could be slid out of the way once the summer heat arrived. The air inside the building was quite warm, but the water was still a little cold - of course, that did not stop me.
The grounds were quite extensive, several acres, and much of it was prepared for guests to enjoy the replica of a small genteel farm.
At dinner that night, there was another group of eight hikers that had their own table in a separate dining room from our table. Another excellent repast with plenty of wine and more after dinner liquor.
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