Santiago – Arches
Santiago de Compostela – Church
Church next to the hotel.Santiago – Laundry
Santiago de Compostela-Chores: Found the laundromat and discovered I only had 50€ bills. The change machine changes up to 20€ bills. So off to breakfast! Didn’t eat last night, so a good breakfast was welcome. Clothes are in the machine. Everything I own for this weather had gotten way past my “cleanest dirty clothes.” Next on the list (after changing out of these shorts and the lightweight sleeping leggings) is the medical center to see a doc. Then it will be nap time.
Posted by phone
October 16 Santiago – Here is a store selling only legumes
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