A car show and a wedding

Woke up in Casa do Boi, where I feel very much at home since I stayed there twice and it is the first element of familiarity since leaving Colorado. Breakfast with the dinner crew, Michelle at 78 is one of the most lively personalities of the Camino. Matt moves on. We might end up on the Shikoku pilgrimage in March next year.

It's admin day, but I still managed to ride 30km. Some required maintenance on the bici at Decathlon and a bus ride to Porto in the late afternoon.

It is summer today and it feels so good after the Atlantic weather patterns on the coast of Galicia. It couldn't be nicer and the people in Santiago are all bustling outside and enjoying it.

Coming through the plaza at the cathedral there is a car show stealing the thunder of the incoming pilgrims. I'm not sure how they feel about this.

On the way to the bus, coming back through town I catch a bride and groom ceremonially exiting the church. An awesome moment.

I have some further growth moments about life and I take some more notes.

I board the BlaBlaBus and sit next to an enchanting woman from Germany, named Melanie, and the conversation gets going in German, which I have not really spoken since 1981. She is kind about it and we make it through my stumbles all the way to Porto 3 hours later. She is a great to talk to and she's living a lot of new adventures as she is between jobs. It is the bla bla bus after all.

I'm in Porto and I'll start the Camino Portugues for another adventure. I might actually have to start another trip on Penguins.Read more