Louzarella

We all agreed playing Uno we would have breakfast together at 8:30 am. The storm was expected to rage until the afternoon. After we enjoyed breakfast, Joan and I agreed we would not leave until noon. The wonderful proprietor of the Casa agreed to let us stay and wait out the storm.

The Casa had floor to ceiling windows in the great room and you could hear the wind and rain pelt the windows. Joan and I decided to watch a Hallmark movie on TV and plan out our remaining days. Others decided to leave around 10-11.

At 11, I decided to venture down and see who was all still around. I ran into Brazilians who were gearing up for their 3rd attempt to leave and head down the mountain. Please see video. They were so excited and texted us an hour later to tell us that the wind died down and we would be ok once we got down the mountain.

Joan and I geared up. We realized that Haley, the 21yr old from the Netherlands was still “napping”. We were the only last night pilgrims left and new pilgrims were filtering in sopping wet. Joan yelled up the stairs for “Hayley to get her shit together as we were leaving.” She said she was coming…10 min later we yelled we were leaving and she should catch up to us.

What were we thinking. It was the worst weather we have ever walked in on purpose. Hayley quickly caught us and once we got off the mountain, it turned into a very nice 12.6 km/7.8 mile walk.

We had a nice apartment in Triacastela with a wood burning stove and we ran into many of our new Camino family, walking this last stretch, at the one restaurant in town. All of them were excited to play another round of uno. It was a another night filled with laughter and fun with people from all over the world.Read more