Sarria local

This is a starting point for the minimum distance for Compostela and mileage certificate, so it’s the town with the most albergues on the Camino Frances. Archaeologically there’s the same array; churches, built on old churches, destroyed by Moors, built on a Celtic site. The castles in the entire region of Galicia are almost entirely destroyed by a mass uprising of peasants. Only a tower and staircase exist at the castle where Isabella and Ferdinand were known to have stayed. Heard from Pascal who’s now about two days ahead. He says the numbers of Pilgrims now is awful. My guidebook told me to be emotionally prepared. I’m hoping that a Tuesday push off tomorrow will have put me behind the local wave from the weekendRead more