Before I get into today I should share a selfie of my dinner partners from last night. On Sundays most of the commercial enterprises in Spain shut down so our auberge was not offering dinner. We were left to fend to ourselves. 4 of us found a restaurant to dine together at. Representing the US is Lynn from upstate New York and I. From Amsterdam we have Roza and from Germany is Chris. We had a great dinner and discussed many things, non of which was politics.
This morning I waited til daylight to begin my walk and after a breakfast of toast, coffee and orange juice I was on my way. When I left there was miraculously no rain. I got a couple shots coming out of town (what town was it anyways? Oh yes, Sarria!)
Usually a term for ocean front boardwalk
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| These geese remind me of Virginia Lake at home |
The rain did return in force but thanks to my trusty poncho, so far it has not been too uncomfortable.
Well this is the beginning of the end of empty pilgrim paths. The rain has not daunted those who want to do the Camino by doing the minimum, the last 100 kms will get you a Compostela. No judgement, some only have a few days to commit to this endeavor but the population of pilgrims has changed. I have gone from seeing as few as 3 pilgrims a day to 30 pilgrims an hour.
Today is their first day on the trail so you can imagine how energetic they are, especially the young ones. I’m sure that they are planning to go 25-30 kms. This is going to be a whole different Camino!
I saw a familiar sight here and it made me even more aware that life is pretty much the same all over the world
Got myself into my Albergue where I have a wonderful bottom bunk with a view of the hillside. It’s 3:10 and my clothes are in the dryer. Having a glass of wine and will crash for awhile then off to dinner. Tomorrow 19 km to Ventas de Nanon!
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