Sarria

Another beautiful day for a walk. Early in the morning, while it was still dark, we came across an old stone house with the windows all aglow. It was right out of a Thomas Kincaid painting. It turns out it was an art gallery. An Englishman had lived there the past 15 years and produced amazing art pieces that he displayed and sold to the Pilgrims that passed by. We ended up buying a print, some postcards and then he did an original drawing in each of our Pilgrim Credential Passbooks. It was nothing short of magical.

We proceeded walking through the damp, green forest trails that really do remind us of Oregon. The small villages have a little more activity in this region than other parts; mostly dairy cows. At one point today we got caught up in a herd being moved down the road to their pasture by the 80+ year old farmer and his wife. She was adorable and I think was fully aware of the delight she was bringing to the Pilgrims that had to “wait “as we all took loads of photos and videos! It was something special for us “city folk” 😂

From Sarria, we have just over 100k to finish in Santiago. This is the point you have to start walking from in order to qualify for the “Compostela” when you reach Santiago. Many Pilgrims start their journey here to walk the bare minimum to qualify, so we are expecting bigger than usual crowds tomorrow. Those of us who started about 700k ago will try not to judge…

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