Headed out around 8:15, saw a yellow arrow with the name Lucas scratched into it and we took it as a sign. Today was a day of hills, not to steep but just enough to let you know that they were there. We got off track in a small village and lost are yellow arrows but a local women (our angel) got us back on track. We walked with a fellow pilgrim from Venezuela who's name is Brian, his goal was to do 40K to Santiago to meet up with his brother (WOW). We found we'd ...

Awoke to cloudy skies and a forecast of rain, ate our breakfast on the Way. On our second break we stopped for a beer and coke zero and met two young German mid-wives (20's), we had a good disscussion on the subject of mid-wivery. Just as we left the bar the rain started so we donned our blueberry blue and pumpkin orange rain ponchos and carried on, we stopped at a truck stop for lunch and wait out the rain. Today's walk was through eucalyptus forests and the sme...

Started early this morning (8:00 AM) hey that's early for us, the terrain was a little up and down but nothing to challenging At our break we shared a huge slice of Santiago cake which is a bit of a staple for us since we entered Galicia. On our arrival in Melide we shared a plate of pulpo, we had some confusion trying to find our accom. for tonight as the is a hotel and pension with the same name, once found we settled into our matrimonial bed (that's what they ...

Bar ran out of bread this morning so breakfast was plastic wrapped pain de chocolates (not so yummy), cafe con leche and ta. We stopped at the first cafe along the way for a real breakfast and were entertained by a momma kitty looking for scraps. Upon entering Palais De Rei we stopped at a pizzeria where a man was just putting a couple of octopus in a boiling pot, can you say pulpo, Momma T and I shared a plate and it was delicious. Checked into our pension and w...

Day is sunny and got quite hot midday. We stayed in a private room in the pension at Ventos de Naron, a small village (two bars, two albergues ). We met a group of 5 women from Uraguay who were celebrating their 55th birthdays by walking to Santiago. Distance 12K