Vilaba, Spain

Good morning! Well, here is late afternoon! Beautiful sunrise, with walls though tree tented gravel lanes with quaint buildings. Ancient crosses are seen more now. Today was so pleasant, we kept waiting for some challenge. Mountain that wasn’t mentioned , a technical hill or at least a muddy washed out creek or road to traverse. Nothing! Crazy pleasant today.
Side note - my much loved Horario’s have changed shape in Galicia. Not certain if there my favorite here. *See the photo of the thin rectangular structure. 😔
When we stopped for coffee after 6 plus km we came upon other pilgrims. A nice guy from Toronto had befriended a fellow pilgrim from Hungary. Neither one can speak the others language. They have been using Google translate for 2 weeks. It was fun to watch them use hand signals and a bit of Spanish, also.
‘Toronto’ asked if we had met the gals from New Zealand. They one of the gals has a sheep at home named Donald. They carry some of Donald’s Merino Wool with them on this trip. Apparently, if fresh (?) merino wool is rubbed on a ‘hot spot’ - a soon to be blister- it calms the skin and no blister occurs. These gals are slowly taking small parts of ‘Donald’, this wad of wool and parceling small quantities out amongst their group when needed for potential blisters. It’s a great mental visual. 😂
Yes! 😊. Only 18.6km
Next day is Miraz. Only 15km
I had a day when my pack was hitting me low and irritated my nerve which tingled my leg.
Tammy had a cream to use so I could sleep. Whew!
The almost 500 miles creates some wear and tear.
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