Day 34 - Fonfria to Samos

Wow, wow, wow!! As far as scenery goes ...today takes the cake! I seriously felt like Alice walking through Wonderland! You'll see many pics, but they just don't do it justice! This view (for pretty much 10kms) was so stunning that my eyes got 'sweaty!' ...seriously!!!

We left at 7am and so glad, because the 'misty ocean' effect was perfect.... the tops of other mountains looked like islands in an ocean of clouds! 👌 (one reminded me a lot of Rotto - even the distant wind turbines looked like the white slithers of the lighthouses we see from the mainland!

Upon leaving Triacastella, we picked up a walking buddy....a border collie we called John🐾 🤣! I tried to get him to go home but he wanted to stay with us! We were too far out of the village to turn back, so we decided to get help at the next village... but keeping him off the roads was worrisome!

Along the route, we met Lewis from Puerto Rico. John 🐾 seemed to enjoy walking faster with him, so we never saw them again! He was an animal lover too, so I knew he'd be in good hands!
I later ran into another pilgrim in Samos, who told me, (via google translate in portoguese 🤣) that Lewis had made some calls with the help of locals, and the owner was coming to get him!! 🙌

We took a longer alternate route today since it was along the river the whole way, and it was the best decision ever!! Once in Samos, we did a monastery tour... it was beautiful but a bit disappointing as it was all in Spanish! (funny that 🤣) It would have been nice to know the history of what we were looking at, though.

I've come to realise how much I enjoy walking on my own! I seem to be so much more present and aware of everything around me... if I hear a faster walker coming up behind me, I stop, wait for them to pass, and continue! This probably won't be possible from now until the end, as we hit Sarria tomorrow! 😬

Today, the magic was all around me as you'll see in the pics!✨️💛✨️Read more