Sarria pt 2

Sigh, I got lost….yikes! 😩

I saw a cow and started talking to him (yes, I talked to a cow!) and when I was finished, I started walking off without paying attention on a road that was NOT the Camino. I was walking and noticed I was going straight uphill and I thought that odd because I was suppose to be going downhill and 20 minutes later I come to the same place I was just at. I walked in a big 2 km circle 😢 🤣. Welp, I figured out what I had done. Found the right road. Got back on track!

Last 7 km we’re a little hard because of my detour. I was thirsty and thinking about grabbing my water bottle from my back pack and meanwhile noticed my shoe becoming lose so I bent down to tie it up and my water bottle went flying out of its holder and landed in a pile of cow poop!💩. I looked at it and for a half a second thought I could clean that off and then left it there and said “water is overrated” 🤣🤣😇

As I got closer and closer to Sarria I was excited, tired and hopeful. The walk to Sarria almost felt like the end of the Camino because there is so much conversation about it.🦶 it felt like several chapters ending. I was about to meet lots of new people and I didn’t know who or where.

There were two routes to Sarria that day. Where the route splits was in plain sight and I had wondered if some folks didn’t see the sign. During the 9 hour day I saw only maybe 4 or 5 people. The other route had Pilgrigms walking through a village called Samos. It was a few kilometer longer than the route I chose and was know for their Monastery.

A Camino friend walked that Samos route and later reported “Samos is stupid!” 😇. She had been having her own difficulties adjusting to the Camino life and while her comment was negative it was funny because I could relate. From then on if I ever wanted to kid around or vent I’d say “Samos is stupid!” or “Stupid Camino”. It was a fun ironic, contradictory way to express our discomfort , laugh at myself and move forward.

Walking into Sarria was cleansing, purifying and I could feel the feels.

Once I arrived to our hotel - it was Gin and Tonic time! As much as we were starting to get in the heart of Galicia “The seafood capital” which I love me some seafood. I needed a hearty cheeseburger. I found one of the best cheeseburgers in my life at a place called “Hamburguesa & Beer” what more could ya ask for! 🍔 🍺

As I prepared to sleep I could feel my new nervous energy as I prepare for the last 100km of Camino de Santiago and go for my Compostela.Read more