Reaching Sarria today was a huge milestone for us as it’s 100 k to Santiago. We are 80% there and proud and happy that we’ve made it this far without any major issues.
Today’s walk started out very much like yesterday’s but the mist and fog did turn into rain. The Galicia Mountains are a bit like the Poconos, if it’s not raining it will be. It was also cold in the morning so wer’re wearing most if our clothes.
We walked through mostly farm country and were amazed at how close we walked next to huge bulls and how much bull crap we are stepping in.
Sarria is a more modern city than most we’ve seen but still very pretty.
Camino Fun Fact:
The Spanish people along the route are very proud to have the Camino in their city/village. If you are lost they are quick to get you back on the right track. We were standing on a corner in Burgos looking confused when a car stopped next to us, the driver honked his horn and pointed to where we needed to go. On another occasion we were walking out of a small village when and old woman was clapping and waving to us from her window.
The greeting for peregrinos is “Buen Camino”. We say this to each other and also hear it from the locals. 🙂
Congratulations! You should be proud, we are all in awe of you. I hope you have a nice place to sleep and eat tonight. You are in my prayers day and night. Love to both of you, you’re doing great. Hope the weather will be better tomorrow.
OK, enough with the awe and awesome talk. A couple hundred thousand people a year do this. Thanks for the prayers though. Hey, even walking in the rain is fun after 34 days of beautiful weather. We’really looking forward to the final countdown now.
I think anyone who does this walk is awesome.
God bless all.
Hi Lida,
Tom responded to your previous note and was a little cranky. We see a lot of people older than us and even those with physical challenges so we don’t always feel awesome. ?
We do appreciate the encouragement.
Love you,
Beth