A very brisk morning which made for good walking, and not too many big hills today. The forecast rain held off for the most part, but came down hard in the last 15minutes before arriving at the hotel. Still took a solid 5 hours to get here! Last night had serious camino magic as I ended up sharing dinner with a retired psychologist from Belgium, his partner from Madrid, and then we met a couple of locals, a retired cop from Wales and his wife, a retired prosecutor from Amsterdam. Many languages spoken and much fun. Today’s walk was mostly on backroads with some trail. Luarca is a town wrapped around a harbor full of fishing boats. Huge waves offshore and a good sea wall. Made it in time for lunch at 3:00pm which was the meal of the day. Met Juan who is originally from Barcelona but lives in Australia and has worked at the Sydney Botanical Gardens for 20 years. I was able to help Juan get an esim going on his phone as the one he had was not working. Took a little doing but in the end, UBIGI for the win! He was very happy as not having a working phone was challenging. Off and on rain, but was able to walk around town a bit. 28,725 steps for the day.