Miles Hiked Overall: 426.7 (686.7 km) Miles to Santiago: 58.3 (93.8 km)
Steps Taken Today: 56,874
Blister Count: Our feet just want this to be over
Spanish Word of the Day: salida del sol (sunrise)
What We Learned Today: Sometimes the longest route is the easiest route.
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| We hiked an additional 7.5k m from Pintin to Sarria at the start of the day |
The day started off bright and early because we had a long day. We even saw the sunrise! It was a long, tough day...over 7 hours of actual walking today.
We walked through Sarrria this morning and we could see the new masses of people. This is the village where you need to start if you're doing the last 100K...so we see many groups of people, many buses and lots of new faces. People have joined the Camino at every location along the way but this is by far the biggest influx of people.
The walk today took us through beautiful fields (the old rock walls are amazing!), through some forested areas, and also some open paved areas. When we got to Portomarin at the end of the day we actually had to climb nearly 80 steps up to the town!
We have walked by multiple cemeteries on the Camino. They are always surrounded by a tall fence and usually gated shut so we've only been able to go into one. Most of them are filled with these small "houses," one per family. I need to learn more about this to know what's exactly inside. Sometimes it also looks like maybe there are different layers of graves, kinda like a mausoleum.
The next photo is of grain keepers in fields. It is elevated off the ground so no pesky animals can get in. They are an interesting shape; tall, long and thin. They all look alike in size and shape but some have decorations of the two ends.
The next photo is of grain keepers in fields. It is elevated off the ground so no pesky animals can get in. They are an interesting shape; tall, long and thin. They all look alike in size and shape but some have decorations of the two ends.
We are officially in count down mode - 4 days to go!
―Samuel Johnson.
