October 18 Arzúa – Camino Sunrise

Health update: Certainly improving. One day of antibiotics remaining and today my chest no longer sounds like a purring tiger. Coughing is better, and I keep my walking down to less than 400 meters when I sightsee around the village.
Today: A church (surprise!) and a Texas-themed street party with a live band, a life-sized plastic horse, and a big, hairy guy dressed as a saloon gal.

Iglesia de Santiago de Arzúa – Built between 1955 and 1958 on the site of an earlier church and is dedicated to Santiago the Greater (St. James the Apostle). It sits in the main square of Arzúa and serves as a welcoming point for pilgrims.

The best Cotton-eyed Joe line dancers in the group!

This crepe-looking goodie is a “filloas” (pronounced fee-YOH-ahs). Usually made with flour, eggs, milk (or sometimes broth, in savory versions), and a bit of fat. They’re especially popular around Carnival (Entroido) time in Galicia.
The party-goers past them around to all the pilgrims who’d stopped to enjoy the music and dancing.

I came across an older chapel on my way to coffee this morning. It sits right on top Camino.
Capela da Madalena
The chapel originally belonged to a monastic-hospital complex founded by the Augustinian friars in the mid-14th century with the purpose of receiving and caring for pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago.

My Facebook group has a couple of videos of music and dancing, but as much as I try, I can’t get videos to upload using my phone and the lodging’s WiFi.