I started my walk from Lugo, 100 kilometers from Santiago de Compostela, under perfect hiking conditions – overcast with no rain and no sun. There isn’t much to see for the 30 kilometers between Lugo and As Seixas. The walking was relatively easy, mostly flat on asphalt and gravel roads. The kilometers went by quickly.
In the tiny hamlet of As Siexas, we discovered that the owners of the hamlet’s only bar were unwilling to prepare food or even to open the kitchen if we couldn’t guarantee a large group, which unfortunately we couldn’t. And the promised food truck that is mentioned in many of the guidebooks is no longer making stops in As Seixas.
The albergue has a well-stocked kitchen with pots, pans, and dishes, so Sandra, an English woman who works as an English-Spanish-Portuguese interpreter and translator, discussed the problem with her Spanish pilgrim friends. One of them, Valentin, phoned a taxi in a village 13 kilometers away. The taxi driver took our grocery order for eight people, bought the food in the supermarket, and then drove it out to us for only 26 Euros. Wow! I love the Spanish people.
I was delighted to see my friends, Daniel, Juliane, and Shenja arrive. They had intended on taking the northern Primitivo route out of Lugo, which is a bit longer and connects with the Camino Frances closer to Santiago, but they changed their minds at the last minute and headed south. They arrived late in the day and had also neglected to buy groceries in Lugo, so Valentin cooked them dinner. Pilgrims helping pilgrims. Such a great community!
As Siexas is very small, barely a hamlet, but the albergue is new, modern, and well positioned along the Camino Primitivo. If it wasn’t there, the next albergue would be in Melide, nearly 15 kilometers further along the trail, which would have made for a very long walk indeed from Lugo.
