Food on the Camino

I've been looking back through my photos of the Camino and thought I'd post some pictures of the type of things that you eat whilst walking

A selection of bread for breakfast one morning

Churros and chocolate! Churros is similar to donut batter and the chocolate is a hot chocolate that is as thick as custard - yummy!

Eating Churros and chocolate

Galician soup - potatoes, beans, ham and cabbage

Cake because who can walk without eating cake?

More churros and chocolate - okay, so maybe I like this just a bit

O'Cebreiro cheese and honey

Patatas bravas

Tortilla

Not exactly a full selection I know! Me and Becky usually cooked our own food which was pasta with tomato sauce or soft cheese and tuna or some meat. Sandwiches were the usual for dinner.

Pilgrim meals tended to be: salad, pasta or soup to start; pasta, fish or meat with chips (rarely potatoes) for the main and the pudding was yoghurt, fruit or cake. Not much variety but at 8-12 Euros (usually 10 Euros) it was cheap and filling and set you up for the next day's walk

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