There are lots of different food options along the Camino! Most often, we eat at small road-side cafes with pleasant outdoor terraces. Once, we stumbled on a vegan food truck parked in a wooded area and, in a small Galician town, a grandma sold crepes from her front doorstep.
Generally, there is a rest stop (either a picnic area or a cafe) every few kilometers; the Camino Francés is well equipped to service all of the people that travel its path. But there are some days where these stops are spaced further apart. In this case, it is nice to have grocery store snacks on hand and we stop at the nearest grocery store whenever we arrive in the new town. Part of the Camino culture is that you are often traveling on pace with a cohort of people making similar stops to you, so you run into each other at cafes or picnic stops. It is a fun ritual to greet familiar faces and exchange encouragement before continuing onward to the next town.
These are some typical snacks and meals we are eating day to day:
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| Pincho de tortilla (Spanish omelette with potatoes and eggs), zumo de naranja (orange juice), cerezas (cherries) |
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| A typical breakfast: pan con tomate (toasted baguette with crushed tomato) yogur con miel (yogurt with honey), cafe con leche (capuccino), zumo de naranja (orange juice) |
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| Tim eating an empanada stuffed with chorizo and vegetables, a common food in Galicia. |
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| Zamburiñas (scallops in a garlic and olive oil sauce) and pulpo (octopus) |
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A pincho de tortilla and caldo gallego (a Galician soup with beans and turnip greens)
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