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Starting to Stretch out the Kilometres - 30k
... towards Siguiero but he talked us out of it...thankfully. He said a better option was to rest up here for the night, have some food and make an early start in the morning. If we left at 7am we could be in Siguiero by 12.00pm which would only leave us 16k to the finish line. We paid our 5 euro and got our 'Credencial' stamped before he showed us around. This albergue was great but we had read that we were some distance from the next town and the thought of a 6k walk in and out ...
Along the Way with Paul from Iowa - 20k
... some notes including the website address and the charity details and Craig handed him a wristband to take with him. He explained that he would walk with us to Betanzos where he would jump on a bus and head back to A Curuna.
The photos attached show us along the road and we enjoyed both the scenery and the company along the way. Paul would wave and salute the locals as we passed and the sound of 'Buen Camino' was becoming part of our ...
From one Fiesta to the next in Pontedeume...24 Kms
... and Pepe was great craic and I would advise you to listen to one of the most popular Galician Bands called 'Luar na Lubre'.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_itiar9e _7s&feature=share&list=UUXns7KQ gweqfChrnD1xviVA
Their music and its Celtic influence reminded us of home (we'd only been away one day) and we stumbled home around 3.30am to see if ...
Bored in Galicia
As we had arrived in Santiago a day early, we had seen all there was, so we went to the train station and bought some tickets to La Coruña. It was only 40 minutes away, and we had last been there in 1998, and realistically, we just drove in and out.
Once there, the first thing that we saw was a dead body lying on the floor of the station !!! I wanted to shoot some photos, but tactfully, I put my camera away !!! So instead, we grabbed a map and followed the road into the city ...
Captains log continued final entry.
The next morning we didn't get up until 0930hr and contacted Jilly to let her know that we would soon be on our way and after some work on sorting the lazy jacks and refueling we set off at 1145. We then had a fair sail along the coast into La Coruna where Jilly was waiting with a tale of her own about her travels across half of Europe. Reunited we ...