Thursday, February 21, 2008

The Last 100...

We´re almost there... we´ve been walking more confidently and in better health this last 100 than any of the ones before them. And we are really good at unpacking and packing our backpacks everyday and setting up ¨home¨in our daily refugio. We feel like we´ve finally gotten into a good rhythm (and we´re a little sad that we only have 100 more km to go... ) and are having such good days of walking and talking. We´re pilgrims!!


See? Here we are, walking and talking. Sometimes I sing made-up songs, sometimes David recites the names of Gillian´s aunts and uncles and cousins, sometimes we talk about what life will be like in 10, 20, or 30 years, and sometimes we are just quiet (but then Gillian usually starts talking again).

Look at this... calla lilies just grow by the side of the road. The views continue to be beautiful. We are walking through more villages and alongside the road (rather than just nature trails) but there are lots of things for our eyes to delight in.


I´m pretty sure the cows don´t live in this house. But maybe they are just watching it while the owners are away.
David with Antonio and Monsy, a Spanish couple who we walked with for a while. They made us laugh and laugh (even though I had no idea what they were saying... David couldn´t translate fast enough).

A rainy afternoon... post-rain (I wouldn´t take the camera out during the rain). We only had two of those on our whole Camino (and we are glad).

Breakfast at our refugio in Ribadiso... this is one of the original pilgrim hospices, beautifully restored. With a very long table in the dining room.

A misty morning on our second last day. After taking this picture, we climbed up a hill, out of the fog, and into the sun.

Sharing a meal with Simon (from Germany) and Andras (from Hungary) in Arca del Pino.


Beginning our walk on the last day... more mist and dew and pretty-coloured houses.



Looking up a eucalyptus tree... we walked through forests of these guys and the smell was wonderful. No wonder we feel so good and healthy.



A Camino monument on Monte de Gozo. We stopped here for lunch on our last day... now only 5 more km (one hour) to go....

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