Sarria to Portomarín
Today, the Camino had us ascend up a hill and then descend down it. We repeated that pattern for about five hours. For us, this is the most beautiful part of the Camino. There are rolling, tree-covered hills everywhere and the weather is cool. Around 10 am, the clouds started to break revealing patches of blue sky.
There are definitely more people on the Camino. As I mentioned yesterday, a lot of pilgrims start in Sarria as it meets the minimum requirement of walking 100 km to get your Compostela. Sarria is the point of entry for half all Camino Frances pilgrims.
After a couple of hours walking, we stopped at this great little place that had a bar and café. It was surrounded by ivy covered stone walls and had a terrace with white tables, chairs, and umbrellas They were playing the jazz version of pop songs - which was better than it sounds. Jim had a sangria, I had a beer, and we had some Santiago cake - an almond pastry which I would describe as cross between cake and a cookie. It’s delicious.
We are officially under 100 km to finish the Camino!
We crossed a bridge across a wide river to get to our destination, Portomarín. Looking over the bridge into the water you can see the remains of a town. The entire village was moved in 1962 up the hillside to make way for a new reservoir. The church was reassembled stone by stone.
Tomorrow we head to Palas de Rei.
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AuthorsGreg and James live in Pleasanton in Northern California and are on a pilgrimage on the Camino De Santiago in Spain. Their adventures are captured in this blog. Archives
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