Compostelle À Quatre Mains

Un petit déjeuner à Gatwick en route vers Toronto et Montréal. Chef fétiche de Sylvie. Promesse du serveur de dire à Jamie qu’on a bien aimé!! Allez, en route.

Les moins utilisés; c’est sûr qu’après deux semaines sur le Camino, on a eu le temps de roder notre contenu de sac à dos 🎒 . Deux jours de soleil au début m’ont fait acheter de la crème solaire très résistante- choix judicieusement calé sur l’an passé. Et mes vieilles lunettes de soleil réparées en Bretagne, ont rendu l’âme et ont été remplacées à Luarca. Depuis, ces deux articles occupent leur place dans mon sac, mais n’ont pas réellement servis. Je me suis plus posé la question sur la pertinence d’un parapluie ☔️;)

June 6th We have finished our walk. After a jumpstart in the rain this morning, we walked 16 km into Fisterra. It was a great walk as we reunited with the ocean and walked the last 2 km along the sandy beach. Then, this evening, we went to km 0 at the Faro de Fisterra. Again saw other pilgrims we have walked with for weeks now!! Probably a pause in posts till we meet up with our friends in Santiago next Tuesday!!!

June 5th Another day of rain. A bit much, this one. Ponchos from start to finish, through cornfields, hills and valleys, farms and villages. A foggy day as well. But beautiful green Galicia!! Not many pictures as the iPhone is not waterproof;). The guitar player was with us for supper last night - she carries this guitar: Edina Balczo - look for The Spanish Guitar Hub on YouTube!! We had an intimate concert!!!!

Triptyque: Sylvie devant une montée raide; Sylvie before a steep climb

La vie - toujours devant des choix; Life = choices ;)

June 4 On est reparti!!! Vers Fisterra, la fin de la terre! Journée pluvieuse. On a pu enlever les ponchos pour le dernier km:). Mais une bonne journée. Dîner à Negreira à 13:30. Comme vous pouvez voir, on est décalé dans l’horaire de la bouffe espagnol. Ils sont tous arrivés à 14:15. On terminait..... encore 2 jours et demi pour atteindre le bout!!

June 3rd Reuniting This has been a day of reuniting and meeting people, crowds, music and smells. The smell of the botafumeiro, the famous incense burner, our group of peregrinos from Roxica who met for lunch, the young boy playing the guitar with the street musician, and drumming groups playing in the streets here this Sunday. Wonderful day!!!!

June 2nd We’ve made it to Santiago!!! We got up at 3:45 this morning to walk under the stars. We did see the stars but the sky was full of cinema style lights as a rock concert was still going strong. The moon was out and we made good time, so walked into Santiago for second breakfast at 9:00. Wonderful to be here. We’ve already met pilgrims we haven’t seen for weeks!!:):)

June 1st A special day as we finished the Camino del Norte and joined the crowds on the Frances. The track on the Frances is wide, shaded, very well marked, easy grades, a great rest for us. 29. Km without suffering. :)

31 May Today we walked through Sobrado, a Monasterio town. Very impressive medieval building with additions. Tonight we’re in a pension, two days walking away from Santiago and bittersweet taste of closing this chapter.

30 May Another day under heavy cloud cover. Today’s we slowly climbed to 600m elevation as we pass into the Galician province O Coruña tomorrow. Quite desert like sometimes today. Great evening meal with a crew of 10 with whom we have walked or shared rooms in albergues, a lot in the last week, but some for a month now!!!

Lots of water and animals on the Camino today. Again no rain though mostly cloudy and sometimes it looked like it would- we’re happy with no rain. 20 km into Baamonde- there are 100 km left to Santiago- the bar next to our albergue is the Bar 101!!;)

Dogs: we’ve seen many dogs. Most yards have a dog and many are fierce, some canny and a few really dumb!!! Through Asturias they were loud barking and menacing. Here in Galicia they seem more laid back and friendly; this black one would have loved to join us!!!

Une autre belle journée de marche en forêt avec de belles pauses-café. Couvert, mais pas de pluie, peu de dénivelé et une vingtaine de km - Le bonheur!! Another great day for walking, cool, cloudy, lots of forest, no hills to speak of and 20 km - a delight!!