Tornabous to Balaguer, May 6

Today's stage was about 25 km, mostly along gravel roads through the broad agricultural valley we've been following for some time.  A high point was our lunch stop in Linyola, which marked the 100 km point for the trip so far.

After lunch we continued for about another 10 km to the city of Balaguer.  One the way into town we met a man who, recognizing us as pilgrims, wanted to give us lots of advice on the city.  He recommended an inexpensive hotel with discount rates for pilgrims (common along the camino, especially in towns which don't have albergues), but when we went to find it discovered it had been closed for a couple of years.  Fortunately we found a very nice place right along the river which also gave us a great rate.

There's a beautiful and restored old wall and two churches at the top of the hill (from about the 10th century), but we were too beat by the time we arrived to explore.  The city is along a beautiful river, and when we walked after dinner many people were out enjoying the evening.