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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
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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…
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October 12 Portomarin – Rio Pilgrims

Pilgrims: There were four of who missed the arrow yesterday. A woman from China and this couple, from Brazil. When we got back to the point we should have turned, I waved everyone on because I needed a break. Some time later -2 hours? – I come upon the Brazilian couple resting on a bench under a tree. They scoot over and we make many jokes about how tired we are. The man has a few English words, but otherwise we a cracking ourselves up with exaggerated pantomimes. I take off and they remain. An hour later, I’m resting on a fence and here they come. We are now 3k from the village, so we walk together. I learn the fellow is from Rio de Janeiro, so I start with fiesta dancing – we form a short conga line and twirl a bit. He puts fiesta music on his phone.  Meet Palmira (age 54) and Roberto (age 63). Blurry, but worth the save.

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October 13 Portomarin – A long rest

I was concerned about taking yet another rest day. I slept 12 hours. Guess a rest day was in order. Yesterday, I cut my stage in half. It took me as long to walk the shortened stage as it typically took to walk the full stage. It was a beautiful walk. Here are a couple of views from my hostal, Casa Ribeira Sacra Portomarin.