The Small Surprises in Life...

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In a very nice municipal albergue tonight just 5 euros a night to stay

12 people in a room. The good news, in a hot room, my bed is right next to the one window that opens 

Not as good news is right outside that window is a bell tower that chimes on the half-hour

and on the hour

A fellow traveler gave me these earplugs to help make all things better

I thought the small surprise was the bell tower next to the albergue ringing all night.

The actual surprise is that the bells turned off for the entire night right after I took the video of them ringing!
Peaceful night, nice surprise!

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