San Vicente de la Barquera to El Parel

Today was about a 12 mile day to make up for yesterday's long day. It's a good thing it wasn't longer, because I now have plantar fasciitis. Having been through that, I don't need an official diagnosis. I had been taking Aleve for my knee and decided to cut back and see if I still needed it, so it's possible I already had the problem but it was being covered up. Today I went to the farmicea and picked up a high dosage, once-a-day equivalent and hopefully I'll be able to walk in the morning.

It was another beautiful day. The temperature only gets up to about 71°, but with our exertion we get quite warm. We also need to be careful about getting sunburned. It's obvious we're in the northern hemisphere walking west, because it's our left arms that are getting the most sun!

We have commented repeatedly that we haven't seen much in the way of wildlife. We have seen lots of small geckos and large slugs, but that's about it. Today we saw two emus in someone's yard, but I don't think that qualifies as wildlife!

Jeremiah chided us for eating so much Pakistani food while in Spain, and rightfully so. Today we stopped along the way and Moriah ate a bean and sausage "dish" and I ate fish soup. Both were delicious and I hope Jeremiah's happy now.

Again tonight we are in a private room with bath. We really don't need anything extravagant, but we do like the privacy and freedom to spread out. We will stay in albergues when it's necessary and we would like to stay one night in a monastery for the experience.

That's all for now. We agreed together to just stay in this room for the rest of the day and relax. There's nothing to do around here anyway.Read more