O Cebreiro

[jim allen]

Hola All;
Big day in O Cebreiro, festival day.  See the crowd on the webcam   www.crtvg.es  
My son and I were there in 2000 in Meson Carolo.  We were locked in by 1:00am and were told that if we went out we could not get back in.  My son went out and left a block on the exit door hoping no one would remove it.  Luckily he was able to get back in.  The music stopped at 3:15am.  It was a wonderful experience.  We were tired but happy as we got on our bikes to coast on down to Triacastela.
In 2003 I arrived a day early and was not able to attend the festival but did see them setting up for the next day.  The albergue was full and you could not walk a foot without hitting a pilgrim sleeping on the floor.  As we departed OCebreiro we met a lot of locals walking "the wrong way" on the Camino.  The weather was cool and threatening.  I hope the rain held off for them.  
OCebreiro will always be one of the highlights on my Camino experience.
I had occasion to drive by OCebreiro in 2001 on my way to a wedding in Los Arcos.  So I took my wife to dinner in the same place, Meson Carolo, that I had dinner with my son in 2000, and dinner alone in 2003.  
Jim Allen, Seminole, Fl
jallen08atampabay.rr.com
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