Some good news I forgot to relay in last evening’s post - we learned that Pilgrim, the street dog which followed us for days, was adopted! We were chatting with Rick, from Sydney, who had been a day ahead of us, when the conversation came around to a dog that had followed him. After sharing …
A difficult day
But it didn’t start out quite so bad, except for the two old men in the bunks across from us that snored like the dickens. All night. Never mind that they had shipped CPAP machines but somehow took them off. Sigh. No one slept well. We all bonded over how dreadful they were. So we …
Negreira
We had a delicious dinner, which there is no shortage of in the city. It was packed with hikers and tourists with no end of restaurants and souvenir shops. We have no desire to carry anything extra, so we ignored the shops. We enjoyed having a room and bath to ourselves so slept in a …
Santiago!
We arrived! But there’s always a story… Last night turned out to be very enjoyable. The albergue was clean and cozy and charming. I’m always pleased when we have cubbies for more privacy. We were excited to get out of the pouring rain and get into something dry. There was a small food cart in …
Bucketfuls
As in it came down in bucketfuls today along with gusts of wind. So much for the brief respite with blue skies and sunshine. Today was nothing to write home about. Literally. We woke after a surprisingly good night’s sleep, despite fellow pilgrims starting to snore already by 2030! We all just stuck our earplugs …
Blue Skies!
Remarkably…but that comes later. After resting up in our bunks we wandered down to the common area from where we had been hearing someone playing the guitar, and rather well at that. Turned out to be Louis, from France. Who was actually staying at the albergue rather than just popping through, as before. We decided …
Less than 50 km
We had a nice dinner of falafel, sharing the dinner with a German woman, Stefi, who was staying at the same hostel. Best of all, the restaurant was just around the corner, so I could walk there in my flip flops. Didn’t want to get my nicely dried shoes wet again before morning. That came …
The Zombie Walk
The substitute hostel while basic was clean and quiet and had very welcoming hosts. We were so happy to be bedbug free! I slept so soundly that when I finally woke I saw no sign of Mandy or Karma. Apparently she had tried to gently wake me to no avail so they kindly let me …
Mixed Bag to Redondela
We managed to get our laundry done, and oh, my! What a delight it was to feel and smell clean and dry clothes. Afterwords we walked just a few blocks to a local restaurant for dinner. And who was sitting at the next table? The couple from Vermont we met a few days back, Kathy …
Spain!
We all had a marvelous sleep last night - love the hostels with the cubbies rather than old fashioned bunks as it’s quieter and more private. And there were no snorers! We quickly ate breakfast and headed out. Valença is the most interesting place we’ve stayed, as the city is inside the walls of an …
Redpath At Ease 