Our bus to Santiago from Muxia didn’t leave until 2:45. This gave us the morning to further explore Muxia. The weather was nice today. After breakfast of Sally’s delicious potato soup, we walked downtown, then over to the northern shore and sat to watch the surf pound. It was quite windy and the surf put on a good show. We walked out to the point again, then back to our albergue where we cooked lunch. We had purchased some “boob” cheese. I sliced it up for use in Santiago. Because we were flying from Santiago to Madrid I would have to give up my €3 pocket knife and would not be able to slice things anymore. We walked down to near the bus stop about 1:00 and just sat by the quay for the next hour and a half enjoying the sun and talking. D’Anne came by to say goodbye about 2:15.
We boarded the bus, paid the driver as we did, and found seats where we could watch the scenery roll by on the drive back. The drive was uneventful, and soon we were back in the bus station at Santiago. A quick walk and we were back at Hospeja Mera again. This time we got the other room. It was ont he back side of the building and hide a sizable deck with a table and chairs. We ate cheese sandwiches before heading into town. We had a mission to accomplish. The SIMM card in my phone only lasted 28 days and those had expired yesterday. There was an Orange store on the other side of town. We walked there to renew the card. When we got to the store, they said to renew it we needed to go to a supermarket and pay, then bring the receipt to them and their tech guy would get me hooked up. This was a head scratcher. But, we did as we were told and the clerk at the market acted like this was a normal thing, took our money and gave us a receipt. Back at the Orange store the tech dude was busy with someone else, so I stood for half an hour waiting my turn. To quote Indigo Montoya, “I hate waiting!” Sally went shopping while I impatiently waited. Finally, I finished, then I had to wait anther 10 minutes for Sally to return.
By now it was 6:45pm. We were now on a mission to find gifts for Cindy for her birthday and for John, just because. I found a cool gift for Andy right off, and Sally got lucky for Cindy. John’s took a while, but we finally found an establishment willing to part with the desired item and all was secured.
We made one last walk to the square in front of the cathedral, met a couple from Moscow, took their picture, then headed out to search for a beer for Sally. We wandered through about 4 places, but none felt right, so we settled for a pop from the grocery store across the street and called it a night.
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