Day 39: Las Herreias to O Cebreiro

My word for today is FUN! Amy and I might be the only pilgrims on the trail to O Cebreiro who would describe today that way because it was wet and chilly all day and the walk looked tough, but we rode horses up the mountain and loved it!! My pictures don’t really show how beautiful it was, and I’m sure I would have been blown away on a sunny day, but I still thought the views were stunning. My bum and legs were feeling pretty sore by the time we got to the top, so when I saw a card for a massage therapist at our casa rural, I knew what might make this day even better. 😀 Lucky for us, Mars was available so Amy and I both had great massages this afternoon. Mars is a pilgrim who has done five Caminos, and I would call her a Camino angel. 😇
We attended the Pilgrim’s mass this evening, which was partly in English,. At the end, all of the pilgrims went up to the front and different pilgrims read a passage about love in all the languages represented tonight, including Portuguese, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, and English. It was a very special reminder of how so many different people and cultures come together to walk the Camino, and how we are all different but the same. The pilgrim’s mass was the icing on the cake of a great day. Oh, and we also ran in to our young German friend, Noeme, and Carolina, who we met Amy’s first day on the Camino. It’s always fun to see pilgrims you’ve met along the way!
The forecast for the next couple of days calls for lots of rain, but we plan to carry on, heading down the mountain slowly and carefully in the rain tomorrow.Læs mere