OK I lied. We are not in Palas del Rei but in a town 2 km away that would not show up on your map. Waguih and I walked 18 kilometers today of which 80% was a slow climb uphill. Just as I remember from my prior visit, there is a lot of cow poop everywhere. If we are not walking through it, then we we are smelling it and preparing to step in it. Today went well. I am thinking I want to return in the future and walk the whole thing. Deb has already said I can't come alone, so if I do Yall can't tell her. I guess if I just snuck out she might miss me if I don't show up for a month of dinners. Let's just call this our little secret.
Deb and Sandra are running around Spain doing all kinds of stuff while their hubbies are suffering. Today they went to a pulperia which is a Spain restaurant that only serves fish bait. She calls it calamari but I call it fish bait. I would rather walk uphill all day than eat fish bait. Geez, the best fish bait she ever forced me to eat looked, smelled, and tasted like an inner tube. Yuck. She probably hates it too but wants to act fashionable by eating in a Spanish fish bait store. Oh well.
Tomorrow is a flat walking day for the most part. We have 75 kilometers until we finish and I am loving very moment of this.
Bye for now.
Monday, September 30, 2013
Sunday, September 29, 2013
Sarria, Spain
We arrived in Sarria Saturday, Sep 28,2013 with no problems at all. Today, Waguih and I walked about 18km+ without any problems. I do believe we have found out health wise what was wrong with me before in Spain. Today's walk was a clear indication that we found it out.
We finished the walk in Porto Marin (I think that is the name) with Deb and Sandra picking us up and driving us to the hotel which is an hour drive from the camino. Deb says that closer hotels are few and far between. While we walked Deb and Sandra rode around and went to Lugo, Spain to see the Roman walls built in the third century. Then they went and got liquored up on cheap wine at some bar. So tomorrow they have to walk and Waguih and we get to ride around and get liquored up.
It has been really nice returning to the camino. My heart was broken when I left to come home a month ago. I smiled all day today while walking. Today we walked to the 90km remaining point which means we have five more days of walking left.
Well, it is bedtime and I need to rest. I'll write more tomorrow.
We finished the walk in Porto Marin (I think that is the name) with Deb and Sandra picking us up and driving us to the hotel which is an hour drive from the camino. Deb says that closer hotels are few and far between. While we walked Deb and Sandra rode around and went to Lugo, Spain to see the Roman walls built in the third century. Then they went and got liquored up on cheap wine at some bar. So tomorrow they have to walk and Waguih and we get to ride around and get liquored up.
It has been really nice returning to the camino. My heart was broken when I left to come home a month ago. I smiled all day today while walking. Today we walked to the 90km remaining point which means we have five more days of walking left.
Well, it is bedtime and I need to rest. I'll write more tomorrow.
Monday, September 23, 2013
Raleigh. Preparing to Head Back to Spain (and Portugal)
Well, it has been a few weeks since I returned while licking my wounds (metaphorically of course) from Spain. I have recovered nicely, and I am ready to walk the last 60 or so miles of the camino. I walked 65 miles last week in 5 days and will walk almost that far again by Wednesday, so I don't expect any troubles in Spain. A doctor a few days ago may have figured out what went wrong with me during my last visit to Spain. So, the upcoming trip may be much better. Now that I have the whining behind me, how about I tell you about the pending trip.
Deb and I are flying to Spain on Sep 27th and will meet Sandra and Waguih from Montreal Canada. You may remember Sandra and Waguih who were formerly known as The Nice Canadian Couple from our Russia, Japan, and China trip a couple years ago. Sandra and Waguih will meet us when we arrive in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. We will drive to Sarria, Spain where Waguih and I will walk the last 105 kms (~60 miles) of the Camino de Santiago ultimately arriving in Santiago de Compostela, Spain which is the end of the camino. Sandra and Deb will chauffeur Waguih and myself around and do whatever two women do whenever their husbands aren't around in Spain--just don't ask me I have no idea. I am sure Deb and Sandra have every single minute of that week all plotted out with such precision that would make a man's head explode. Sandra and Deb have been sending each other web articles, Powerpoint presentations, log books, GPS coordinates, and satellite imagery anticipating their week of male-free days in Spain.
After we (all four of us) leave Santiago de Compostela, we are taking a train to Porto, Portugal. Where we plan to spend a day or two then off to Lisbon for a day or two. Sandra and Waguih will fly home from Lisbon then Deb and I will fly to Barcelona for 3 days then fly to Madrid for 3 days. We will end the trip in Madrid.
Deb and I are flying to Spain on Sep 27th and will meet Sandra and Waguih from Montreal Canada. You may remember Sandra and Waguih who were formerly known as The Nice Canadian Couple from our Russia, Japan, and China trip a couple years ago. Sandra and Waguih will meet us when we arrive in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. We will drive to Sarria, Spain where Waguih and I will walk the last 105 kms (~60 miles) of the Camino de Santiago ultimately arriving in Santiago de Compostela, Spain which is the end of the camino. Sandra and Deb will chauffeur Waguih and myself around and do whatever two women do whenever their husbands aren't around in Spain--just don't ask me I have no idea. I am sure Deb and Sandra have every single minute of that week all plotted out with such precision that would make a man's head explode. Sandra and Deb have been sending each other web articles, Powerpoint presentations, log books, GPS coordinates, and satellite imagery anticipating their week of male-free days in Spain.
After we (all four of us) leave Santiago de Compostela, we are taking a train to Porto, Portugal. Where we plan to spend a day or two then off to Lisbon for a day or two. Sandra and Waguih will fly home from Lisbon then Deb and I will fly to Barcelona for 3 days then fly to Madrid for 3 days. We will end the trip in Madrid.
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