Foncebadon to Ponferrada
There was a light dusting of snow on the ground as we began walking through our coldest morning to date. Our first stop was the Cruz de Ferro. Pilgrims pause here to reflect on their journey and often leave a stone or a token of some sort at the foot of the cross. We then continued on past the highest point of our walk and started downhill. Downhill was actually both up and down and it took us most of the day to get out of the mountains. The end of this transit was at the edge of the town of Molinaseca that we entered via a medieval pilgrim's bridge. Our stop in Ponferrada included a visit to a 12th century Templar castle at the edge of town. It is a national monument of Spain and has been restored.
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