Vilasantar

Not so cold this am. We started off having the usual breakfast here which is toast ( me if they have GF or I am a bit hungry) with jam or tomatoes. Fresh squeezed orange juice. And coffee or chocolate drink ( me) of your choice.
Note that we are 3 days out from Santiago we are coming across people more often that we have met over the month. Some go faster, slower or simply have different towns they stay in as they go further or not as far each day. This morning we saw the 4 French women we have chatted with at breaks at cafes, the South Afrikaans that we saw 3 weeks ago and then yesterday. The author/dad from Port Orchard, the Spanish gal living in Dublin, the Danish dad and grown son, the Philadelphia dad, father and son, and more. Even though it’s only been a month and we hardly actually know each other, we have been through the same challenges. So the greetings are with big smiles and happy ‘Hello’s out mostly ‘Hola’ if you don’t know if at 7am they’re English has kicked in. 😉
We walked 21.9km or 13.6 miles. Everyone has one issue or another at this point. Bandages toes, limps , etc. My lower back decided to take issue with all the mileage last night. Meelike,, , our new Estonian friend living in the Nederlands let me use something like ‘Icy Hot’ and I made it through the day! My back NEVER hurts! Tammy has an ankle issue where she really should just rest it, but powers on. And Meelike has been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis in its early stages and she is powering on.
We were 81% on paved roads with infrequent traffic. 19%on gravel and treed roads. Not my favorite type of day. Still it was rural with pastures and one herder moving cattle from one pasture to another. I was several blocks away but a small group ahead didn’t know what to make of 8 head of cattle running toward them. The poor group moved over to the gate the castle wanted in. I thought these pilgrims were going to freak! The herder became visible amongst the castle laughed good naturedly and opened the gate to let the cattle in. One Pilgrim ,stepped back out into the the road and called back to us with successful arms in the air
‘We’re OK they didn’t get us’. 🤣
Aruz is a town in the highlands of Spain, so of course more hills. We usually climb up during the day then come down into a town only to climb out in the morning.
Today we finished a 21km day with a good climb. Who puts a town on top of a big climb at the end of a a 21km day!?
I think I have 14 flights of stairs climbed today. . I say think, because my watch If all sweaty didn’t count my vertical climbs up hills well. Tammy’s watch has 14 flights and mine stopped at 7. Grrrr
😊. I just want my work to show dang it. I did the work. Want the points. Not too much to ask, right!? 😂
Not many photos as we were on roads, hurt and it was hot. 74 degrees and asphalt reflecting the heat back up. Yuck!
We have had a lunch- more like a dinner at 5pm Not eating until 8pm just wasn’t going to make us happy today. And when you’re in a town that doesn’t entirely shut down between 4pm and 8pm, you eat something if you can!
I had toast at 7:30am then a banana ( OJ, cocoa, OJ and water with some nuts, also - not enough).
Feeling like falling a sleep but know I need to eat again. Tomorrow Arca 19km and the next day SANTIAGO!!! We have also decided after Santiago and getting our Compostela we are going to go to Finisterre ( the end of the world) 90km…… by bus. Gotcha didn’t I. Seeing sunset there is said to me a not to miss experience. We are here. We are doing it! Good photos to come in Santiago and Finisterre!
**turn the distant photo off the village but a better visual. I couldn’t get it to turn. Tired?
The last photo ID our view from what we are ‘Lunch’. If we don’t move again it might be lunch and dinner.Read more