October 16 Santiago – On a little walkabout
October 15 Santiago Pilgrim – Faye
This is Faye from Australia. She has been stitching her journal since St Jean.
October 15 Adios Palas Del Rey
Taxi to Santiago, 41 miles.
Got a hug from a Danish fellow I’ve been seeing here and there. He said I must have a cortado and promptly ordered it for the señora.
Riding along listening to Hotel California on the taxi’s radio. Still surprises me that most of the music I hear is American.
October 15 Palas Del Rey – Cortado
A cortado is a beverage consisting of espresso mixed with a roughly equal amount of warm milk to reduce the acidity. The milk in a cortado is steamed, but not frothy and “texturized” as in many Italian coffee drinks. Wikipedia
Posted by phone
October 14 Closing a Magnificent Journey
I’ve accepted that I can’t keep walking-probably even if it wasn’t raining. I haven’t kicked this bronchiole infection, and all I’m doing is taking a taxi, maybe or maybe not walking, and repeat. Rather pointless.
So tomorrow I will bus to Santiago.
I still want to see Santiago! I’ll arrive home October 19 instead of October 22. I was so frustrated! So many days of walking and BAM at the end!
But then I realized how lucky I’ve been to have had perfect health and perfect weather since September 7. No blisters. No falls/sprains/tendinitis. Nada.
Tomorrow: Posts and photos from Santiago de Compostela.
October 14 Palas de Rei – 37 Days Ago
I started walking 37 days ago. Wow.Night of 10/15-Arzua
Night of 10/16 – O Pedrou
10/17 – arrive in Santiago in the afternoon. Spend the night.
10/18 -night in Santiago
10/19 – move to a hotel close to the airport
10/20 – flight Santiago to Madrid
10/21-Flight Madrid to Chicago (fly all night)
10/22 – Chicago to KC
October 13 Palas de Rei – Church of Santiago de Alba
Church of Santiago de Alba. Chatted with the priest a bit. Asked him if he got tired of listening to the music coming through the speakers. He thought that was a hoot. Yes!! Then swirled his finger around his head and said it is stuck in his head day and night! He was there to stamp the pilgrim passports.
Posted by phone
October 13 Ventas de Naron – Another half day
Still coughing like crazy so am walking a half stage again today. Ventas de Naron to Palas de Rei. 13k
October 12 It’s all your fault, Dana: And So It Goes
On October 12, 2018 (one year ago yesterday) I met the sister of one of the guys in our coffee group because he said she hiked and I was really wanting to meet some local women to walk with.At our meeting, she proceeded to talk about walking 500 miles (ok. I was thinking more of a five-mile walk on a North Kansas City trail). Then she said… across northern Spain. OMG, I got home from that coffee date and said, John, I’m gonna walk 500 miles across Spain. He pretty much said, When do you plan to do this?
And so it goes…
October 13 Portomarin – This is a huge church with no space far enough back for a photo.
