Our second day of hiking - 15.4 miles from Portomarin to Palas de Rei. Today was hot and the camino was very hilly - one might even say mountainous . . . especially if that "one" is an old lady :-)
We met a lot of interesting people: Diane from New Zealand who was hiking the Camino to get over her French boyfriend; a French computer behaviorist who Stacy and I set up with a young girl from Belgium (we introduced them, they walked away talking, and the rest is history); and a group of 4 ladies from Leon, Spain. It is inspiring to see so many ages, nationalities and personality types making this pilgrimage. Greetings of "Buen Camino" ring out as fast walkers pass the slower ones (like me), or as we pass through little villages and the residents greet us.
We have started adding music to our trek. After a brief respite of drink and protein bar about 8 miles along the way, Willie Nelson got me up and running with "On the Road Again." Great pick-me-up!
It is 18 miles to our next stop. I sincerely hope that I will be blogging you this time tomorrow from our hotel in Azura . . .
We met a lot of interesting people: Diane from New Zealand who was hiking the Camino to get over her French boyfriend; a French computer behaviorist who Stacy and I set up with a young girl from Belgium (we introduced them, they walked away talking, and the rest is history); and a group of 4 ladies from Leon, Spain. It is inspiring to see so many ages, nationalities and personality types making this pilgrimage. Greetings of "Buen Camino" ring out as fast walkers pass the slower ones (like me), or as we pass through little villages and the residents greet us.
We have started adding music to our trek. After a brief respite of drink and protein bar about 8 miles along the way, Willie Nelson got me up and running with "On the Road Again." Great pick-me-up!It is 18 miles to our next stop. I sincerely hope that I will be blogging you this time tomorrow from our hotel in Azura . . .
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