To Gonzar

Late start - sleep in he he. Then breakfast at our auberge but being first stop after Sarria lots of pilgrims stopped in as well as lots of friends stopped in: Joe and Heidi, Miriam and Jill, Jill the Aussie with round glasses, Keith the chippie and Taryn, and Sarah who met and ate three meals with yesterday, and Denis' sister, who shared the sad news that Dennis' wife passed away while they were traveling together in France.
Crowds early on - a wagon train of people. Spread out a bit later, but lovely walk through to Portmarin.
After Portmarin got hot. Nice climb up through the forest but the path ended up following the road. Long and straight and pretty boring. Arrived hot and tired but cool place here in Gonzar. Built out of an old farmhouse. Huge beams holding up the floor. Our room is on the lower level, and given the lingering agricultural smell, we suspect it was the sheep and cow byre.
After we got in, huge thunderstorm and pouring rain yay good for all the vege farms and the Portmarin hydro dam.
Massive dinner. Ate too much and drank a fair bit as usual.
Met Nils the Dane obsessed with Icebreaker and Kirsten the German who loves working at the tax office.Lue lisää