Oct 17, cloudy with a real chance of finishing!

Another observation about the Albergue. See this

A house of cards? an accident waiting to happen? A new form of Jenga? Every Albergue looks like this. People have washed (?) their dishes and rested them atop those already in the dish strainer. It isn’t just because they are lazy but not a lot of these albergues have a place to store the clean dishes. What’s with that?

By the way, in case you are interested, here is a picture of my cubicle above a snoring Asian fellow (could hear it even through my excellent ear plugs). Nice spot once I got the hang of going up and down the ladder to get to the toilet (3 times last night).

So after coffee and in the rain I and Roza set out for our next stop. It was raining enough for me to have to don my rain poncho and so, in the dark (we had kms to cover today), we first looked for an automatic teller. Successful at that, we headed down the Camino

Out on the road I found this most awesome home I would like to sell you, or me

I mean, can you imagine living there?

Yesterday was a quiet day on the Camino. It must  have been the time I left this morning but I saw droves of pilgrims, all day long. 

Stopped to check out this old church (just one of so many) which was again dedicated to the Blessed Virgin. Inside there was a volunteer who would give you a stamp for a donation. Did I tell you about that stamp thing? If you want to receive your “certificate of Compostela” you must, no matter where you started this journey to Santiago from, get 2 stamps a day to prove you walked it for the last 100 km. This explains the multitude of pilgrims starting their journey in Sarria - just a little over 100kms from Santiago  here is a picture of the Church’s doorway

Hit town and my Albergue around 2:30 and with my 2 Dutch friends we made a plan for the final 3 days of our pilgrimage!

Wow! Only 31 miles from Santiago