I cycled with Dean and Bev today to Astorga, about 45 miles from Leon.  They are taking their time on their trip, cycling no more than 40 - 50 kilometres a day, but I will need to be a bit speedier than that in order to get to Compostela, on to Porto and then to Lisbon, and then back to Porto to meet up with Richard and David for a Portugal road trip.  So, after today, I will push on somewhat faster.  Astorga is a small town, with a lively Plaza Mayor.  Eventually we found somewhere to eat that served at 8:30 pm and had a marvellous meal of octopus, oxtail and belly of pork after a sharing plate of local cheese and quince.  With beer and wine. 100 euro for the three of us.  Spain is truly reasonable price wise.  Mind you, apparently 1000 euro a month is a very usual wage for many workers. I guess you can find super expensive places, but the generality of good places are still reasonable on the pocket.  Along the Camino route cafes and bars up their prices because they have a captive audience / clientele who desperately want refreshment, but in the little villages and towns off the Camino trail prices are very reasonable.  As is accommodation.