Our early start today allowed us to arrive at our destination before the sun reached its peak. The hottest part of each day seems to be around 3:00 and we were already done doing the bedbug check by 12:30.
It felt dreamlike walking early this morning as the path was full of perigrinos by 5.45 many of whom did not become visible until the sun rose. We passed many different types of fences today--some filled us with awe over their workmanship and others with fear over what they promised. The sign warning of the vicious dog actually had their fence wide open and the vicious creature partaking in siesta. It did remind us though of a recent pilgrim dog biting incident that occurred in one of the villages we
walked through. Most dogs are left to wander and we joke that our day hasn't really
started until we hear a rooster crow and see a village cat and a dog.
This Grid is for all the gardeners or flower lovers. I have never seen such large hydrangeas or such variety of colour!
We are interacting or observing many different types of pilgrims now that we are within 100 km. of Santiago. A couple of days ago we met our first family travelling with a baby (toddler). The father carries the little girl on his back and the mom who is 5 months pregnant carries the backpack. This morning we passed our first two-wheel bike camping set-up. They were still sleeping though the sun was long up. We also passed and was passed by a young man carrying a guitar. Later in the day as we passed an outdoor restaurant he was playing and singing while other pilgrims video taped his performance. Finally we ran into a fairly large group all originating from the same village in the Andalucia region in Spain. They seemed to walk in two distinct groups--one group of young children with two adults and one group of four with a young man, Mario, in a wheelchair. One group would call out and the other would answer. Jim pushed Mario for about a kilometre and talked to him and his brother Anthonio. The last 100 km seems like a different Camino.
