The days are beginning to blur as we walk for 7-8 hours daily and by the end of the day you are too tired to recall what you did! Another early day and a cool breeze around us. The path was beautiful, tree-lined and strewn with small rocks and pebbles. This area is rich in Moorish and Spanish history and the little churches, peublos, cafes, farms, and orchards are very interesting. When we begin our day we more or less know where we are going but one cannot always make the difference. Today is along day-26 km- as we are trying to get to Santiago for the noon pilgrim´s mass on Wednesday, October 12th, their Galiciaen national holiday. Depending where we stop, we find a different hostal or casa and there is a pelegrino menu. Delicious food, simply made with vino tinto. After walking so far, you can eat almost anything! This area of Spain is quite poor so we have had very simple food such as patates frites with a fried egg on top. I think they think we are English! Thank goodness for fresh lettuce and lots of tomatoes. Daily we must wash everything we are wearing as it is put on again the next day. Our packs have only the necessities, the clothes we are wearing and a change of clothes for dinner. I have one sweater which I have needed in the early morning when it is quite cool. After only one week, you truly begin to really appreciate a bar of soap, a drink of water, and clean clothes.
We have been visiting many churches as we walk and getting our pelegrino passports stamped. This is an international practice and each country has its own passport which indicates how far you have come. The little towns, churches and cafes all have their own distinctive stamp or sello. We have not met too many pilgrims onthe path apart from a group of 16 Peruvian cyclists. Most interesting! We have two more hard days of walking and then we will have reached the Cathedral of Santiago. Buen camino!
No comments:
Post a Comment