Day 8. 18k Estrada to Pontevedra

April here we woke up and decided to have breakfast with the german woman as it would probably be are last time seeing her she gave my mam her phone number as we ate toast and cereal and then we went on to walk it was drizzling a little bit in the morning. We met lots of people along the way. We finally reached are hostel with two young priests saying the rosary with their super large rosary beads as we were tired and hungry we got some food then went into are room that was these bunk beds that were nice megan booked it because she said she loves booking them so much. She looks for hours and hours every day. Megan went to the bathroom so I had a plan I jumper in her bed and closed the curtain she opened the curtain to get in and I scared her she screamed so loud I think everyone heard her.
Megan here we then went to the supermarket where we got our food. After that we went to to the shops and burger King me and April were delighted to finally have some unhealthy greasy food after eating fish every other day. On the streets there was music and people singing and dancing. When we got back to the hotel we noticed we had two roomates from Poland. After the long day we were all wrecked and we went to sleep.
Stephanie here
We started our walk with a light drizzle of rain walking with a young girl from Germany who told me stories about her time volunteering in Peru. We parted ways 7k on at a coffee shop were we decided it was time to rest. Part of this trail is through a forest as we walked I heard someone chanting we soon came upon two Priests from Poland who were saying the Rosary in Polish. I cudnt stop looking at their Rosary beads I've never seen beads so large. We prayed with them as we walked and then spoke to them afterwards. When we arrived in the modern albergue (only open a year) we met our priest friends again. After a quick nap some laundry we explored pontevedra. The girls were delighted to see their was a burger King and we ordered chicken royals (long chicken in Spain) double cheese burgers mountains of chips and coke zero.Afterwards we were entertained by some traditional spainish music along the street. The next morning at breakfast we sat with the priests who shared some delicious cheese with us. Back to the room to prepare for our next walk with perfect weather forecast for the rest of the time. Weather is for Sunshine but not too hot I smile thinking of the rain in Ireland and feel grateful for the good weather we have here. Tomorrow we start the spiritual routeLue lisää