Hotel Fiz de Vilapedre Sarria

... theirvery itchy, its all good Not much time left we are are well and happy,but are looking forward to going home. We will arrive in Santiago in two days,at this point there is a little more industry than we have seen ,fewer farms,the town we are in is larger than we have seen foe a while. We are all strong and eager to move on each day. more later <br><br><br><br>e <br><br><br><br><br>

... The scenery is rolling hills, and pastures. Every once in a while we are greeted by dogs and cats which are all either friendly or afraid of us and of course Sara thinks she needs to feed each and every one of them. We are about 94 km. away from our destination now with a plan to arrive in Santiego on Thursday of next week. This means we will not have to walk so far every day and will then be ...

Hi All,<br><br>Mary may be posting later once she gathers her thoughts. Carl and i thought we would upload some pics for you if e can. we walked 19km today and it was straight up a hill. wow. some hard times, but we were happy. unfortunately, when we got to the top of the mountain (o cebreio) there ...

I went with Stee and my grandmother to Lugo, a town about 50 miles from A Corun&#771;a. The old town of Lugo is surrounded by a Roman wall. Within the walled part of the town are narrow streets and old buildings. <br><br>In the late afternoon we returned to A Corun&#771;a and departed for Vigo early in the evening.

... sandwiches in his bar-restaurant. Glad to get up early and walk today.<br> <br>Day 30 - Sunday, July 19 Ventas de Naron - Melide 29.9 km (18.7mi)<br> <br>Mixed path today, most along the road and maybe 40% on nice dirt path through the countryside. Melide has a large alburgue (130 beds) and we waited 1 hour to check in. But after a shower and washing our clothes we went and ate pulpo a la gallega ...

... when we got there it was full, and I mean full, of tourists (that would account for it being a nice day AND a Saturday), plus, when we went to get our credentials stamped at the church they wanted 1euro, even though they said it was a donation (a donation is whatever you want to give surely, otherwise they are charging). 'The Catholic church extorts money from peregrinos', tell the world! We didn't like the refugio in 2001 but we had no option as walkers, this time we ...

... before we get to Portugal. Luckily, in the main square I purloined an open wifi connection and was able to log onto my mail and blog etc. Now, you think these things (mail etc) won't take very long but they do. Poor ole Dave was left pacing up and down like one of those mad polar bears whose been caged in a zoo for too long. The mail from Paul had us both laughing (stories from home) and I just wanted to say congratulations to Yvonne (I forgot to put that in my ...

... seen black squirrels, deer, Golden Orioles, Hoopoes, Storks, bunnies, Bee Eaters, Wagtails, Blackcaps (I think because they had a black cap) oh and a blooming leech which we had transported on the tent. We've been serenaded by a man with a guitar. We've reached 59 kph on a very steep 15km downhill section (boy my rims were hot when we got to the bottom). I've ...

... often to take photos. After two and a half hours of hiking, we arrived at the high Celtic village of O'Cebreiro. We had crossed the border from Castilla y Leon into Galicia and the Ancares Mountain Range. At O'Cebreiro, we visited pre-Roman style dwellings with thatched roofs, a restored pre-Romanesque chapel that claims to house the chalice used by Jesus at the Last Supper, and a pilgrim hospice dating back to the 9th century. We also went inside one ...

... som laa paa kanten av et stup i en svaert avsidesliggende liten landsby HERLIG Neste dag - lordag - var varet enda mye verre - vi klatret oppover mot 1330 m paa en bratt fjellvei og etter hvert ble landskapet og veioen dekket av snoe. Det snodde tettt og vaatt og da vi naadde toppen ved en liten ode landsby som het Laguna etter en time maate vi bare stoppe for en cafe con leche foer vi klatret videre det siste stykke til O ...