Day 8 to Pontevedra - 17 miles

Today was pretty great! We woke up to the sound of a rooster crowing. I actually feel like we heard a lot of roosters today in the towns we walked through. It's like they were greeting us or something!

Next, we saw a family of wild boars run across the trail in front of us. First, there were two full sized boars, followed by 6 babies who ran across one at a time. We didn't want to make Mama Boar mad, so we just stood there and watched each one scurry across. Jack got some of it on video, so please check it out. :)

Next, we happened upon a church where they were having choir practice. We stayed and listened for a while, and it was really special to hear the ladies singing hymns in Spanish. It reminded me of going to church in Guatemala.

We knew rain was in the forecast, and this time, it was NOT heavy fog. It lasted for over an hour, and we were pretty drenched once it stopped. Thankfully, the sun came out and dried us up.

We stopped for cokes after the rain, and this time, we got complimentary olives, not chips. Jack was pretty happy (I am not an olive fan). We also ordered some cheesecake. Yum.

The next highlight was getting to feed a pretty horse an apple we bought at the market. Jack cut it up, and I gave it to her. She seemed to enjoy it.

We landed in Portevedra and planned the last 4 days of our journey. We are going to take the "spiritual variant" so tomorrow we will go to a monestary. We are really looking forward to it.Read more