Last nights dinner was just awesome!! 8 pilgrims and the host and his two volunteers from South Africa. Mom got dressed up for dinner.. lip stick, earrings, rouge and she combed her hair! They served a super sweet meal and the company was great. Not such a great sleep though.. There was a super snorer in the house. Oh well.. Tonight promises to be quiet. Only 3 of us ladies in a 4 person room
We hit the trail early as to beat the heat. Our host from last night gave us a good tip to bypass the next community so we wouldn't have to spend time walking through the town and rather around it and back on the trail. That was really helpful
Each day we meet more cool people. My favourite part of the day is seeing old friends, meeting new ones and hearing everyone's stories. We seem to keep running into this mother and son from Washington, D.C. and we have a running joke that we are following each other. Today we ended up at a cute little albergue past the main community where most pilgrims stop.. We were sure there was no chance of seeing them. Then.. Without fail they walked in about half hour after us!!! We had a really good laugh about that. They said.. We were sure we would out-walk you today! Crazy.
Also made good friends with a lady from Argentina.. She is most lovely and acts as our translator between some Spanish friends. See our friend below in photo.. Well we have seen him for a few days but he only speaks Spanish so finally last night we all sat together and had some actual conversation. However at one point she accidentally started speaking English to him and Spanish to us.. We quickly corrected her. She is wonderful and we hope to meet up with her again
Another father and son we haven't seen in a few days ran into us today. Everyone seems to have injuries.. Him included. Today when we asked how he was he said.. Good just need more drugs. Have taken my ibuprofen use to the recreational level. Goes for a few of us I think!! My breakfast always includes 400mg
We were sure that we heard some guys that must be "Tidesman". Cause each stop they were singing up a storm and were quite entertaining. Not that we knew what they were singing..
More beautiful scenery as usual.. More German Shepards... They are the Spanish equivalent to labs.
Kathleen.. Have you seen these vending machines..?! We thought of you. Coco cola lights will never be the same.
Now time for another meal.. One week till home time!! Only a few more days of walking.. !! Love from San xulian
Not to many ways to say we are proud of you. Hey hard to believe you are almost done. Keep those legs moving for another couple of days I can't imagine the feeling of excitement that will go on between all of you when you get to the finish line. Wish we could be there to cheer you on. Just a few more sleeps and you will have a quiet sleep in your own bed. Hurray!!!!!! Love to you both. L & B xoxoxo
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