We slept in this morning. The municipal albergue wants everyone out by 8:00 am. That is when we woke up. We didn’t rush to pack as the manager didn’t seem bothered by our presence. About 8:30 we headed ou the door and downtown to a restaurant. Christina from Germany was as tardy as we were and joined us at a cafe to while away a few hours before we could move into our next albergue. We had a breakfast of eggs and bacon while we chatted. Juergen joined us after an hour, wandering in from another albergue. During our talks we learned he was a police officer in Hamburg.
About 11:00 we found our way to Bella Muxía, our home for the next two nights. The weather forecast was particularly bad with heavy rain and high winds coming in the afternoon. We felt the first drops of rain as we entered the building. We had reserved a private room for two nights, hoping to relax and be lazy. That is exactly what we did.
The storm arrived as advertised. Sheets of rain driven by the wind on this tiny exposed peninsula on the Atlantic.
We put on our rain gear about 1:30 and staggered through the rain and wind to the grocery store and stocked up for a few days stay.
Cabin fever and a strong desire to experience the storm had me don my rain gear and sandal and walk to the end of the peninsula. I found what I was looking for; a fierce wind pelting me with rain, huge Atlantic waves pounding the rocks and a stone church anchored to the point of rock like a mussel clinging to the seabed.
Back in the room and hour later I marveled at the effectiveness of my rain gear at keeping me dry. Sally and I had a repeat dinner from last night.
On the 25th we again slept in, had yogurt with added granola. Yum. The sun was supposed to show they today, so we headed out after breakfast, walking the town and returning to the church on the point. As we walked downtown, Danny from Barcelona waved us in to the restaurant he was having lunch at. We had a coke and a beer and sat talking for nearly two hours. In that time D’Anne from Dallas texted that she was in town. We invited her to join us and soon she was sharing her “pulpo” and drinking red wine. We agreed to have a celebratory dinner that night and made reservations for 8, when the restaurant reopened. We walked town and returned to the albergue where Sally Andre two batches of potato soup, one for lunch and one for tomorrow mornings breakfast.
On our way out to dinner I realized I had left my phone in the room. When I ran back in to get it, I recognized Sophie sitting in the reception area. We had not seen her since La Faba. I went back to the street to get Sally so she could say hi as well. Sophie has been in the hospital for four days with food poisoning or stomach flu, but was well now.
We were a tiny bit late to the restaurant to meet D’Anne. We had a meal of seafood. Excellent. Danny joined us about 9:15. We broke up about 10:30, saying our goodbyes, although Danny was riding the same afternoon bus as us the next day. Danny is an actor and does commercials. Check out this one: https://youtu.be/kKhdxz2WsAE
Two great rest day/dodge the weather days!!
Kitchen in our albergue 
Church right on the point
Selfie with Muxía behind. This is on the sheltered side.
The Atlantic side of the peninsula.
The church at the end of the peninsula
Danny from Barcelona having lunch in Muxia
D'Anne, Sally, Chuck and Danny at restaurant
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