We started at 7:00 in
Mazarife. It was cold. We lapped an english looking man, who was a real spaniard
from Bilbao, then three couples of spanish people. In Hospital de Orbigo we all met again
in a bar. I started to make fotos. From Mazarife to Hospital it was 10km through a flat
landscape. From Hospital to Astorga the way crossed big hills and dusty plains with little
trees for nearly 17km. The last way was 4km on the national road. We met a group coming
from Germany and from time to time the spanish group and the girls of Switzerland again.
Slowly we got a feeling like a family, you became aquainted with them. Astorga is a nice
old town with a city hall, designed by Gaudi. The refugio is very big with many
sleeping-rooms with bunk beds. Like nearly all refugios, very clean and simple and with a
good atmosphere. 
Landscape around Mazarife |
 Landscape behind
Mazarife

Through the hills to Astorga |
 Two couples of the spanish
group in Hospital
Pablo, Hector, Berro, Martha |

We met Karin and Marilene from Switzerland. |