In the albergue this morning, we were met with a rude awakening from the newbies. They woke up at 5, rustled in their bags and talked loudly, and then turned on the lights promptly at 6 (all of these are faux pas to us seasoned Pilgrims). We had breakfast with E, B and J and then began walking up the hill that lead to the next city. The weather was foggy and overcast for much of the day, until the sun burned the fog away.
We walked past a farm today where a pig and a dog were standing by the gate looking for loves. Yes, a pig. We went up to them and the pig began wagging his tail just like the dog. Hilarious.
Todays shorter walk was full of wonderful Galician scenery!
This part of the country is seriously georgeous and I could totally live here...if I knew more Spanish and all of my friends could come too.
The most exciting part about today was passing the 25 KM mark. Yes, you read that correctly, less than 25 KM stands between us and Santiago!
I was so excited that I practically ran/danced all the way into Arca (ok, I really was dancing because I was listening to my music).
J and E made it to this marker just as we were getting there. It became a mini celebration of our giant, but not yet finished, adventure!
We are now in our nice, calming (literally, they have spa music) albergue and we only have 20 KM to do tomorow. We are going to wake up extra early and attempt to make the Pilgrim mass at 12 (cross your fingers that they swing the giant incense burner, I'll take a video if they do!). We had a super filling supper and are going to bed with smiles on our faces. Our journey is almost complete.
Buen Camino, from a very excited Pilgrim!!
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