It was a cool morning when we left ave Felix and crossed through Villafranca to head up the Camino. And I do mean up because we immediately began climbing out of the town and up the side of a hill that put us above the highway and the usual path taken next to a road. This was beautiful with many flowers and great views of the countryside. It also had many flies, that all seemed to be following David. Lucy joined us as we walked through the fields and aspect up with a German named Kirby. He was very entertaining as we connected with the main track and started up the last main climb into Galicia. As it became hotter, Lucy fell behind and we had to stop for lunch. She passed and we said our goodbyes as she was not going as far as we. The rest of the day was extremely hot with climbing the whole time up into some of the most wonderful country in the world.
It is hard to describe how far you see and how amazing it is.
I kept stopping for pictures and to catch my breath.
Finally we reached O Cebriero, the first Galician town on the Camino and one of the most interesting. We were able to get a room above a restaurant and it happened to be the same room that Caroline and I had stayed in six years before. We went to mass in the oldest church on the Camino, ate our first Gallego meal, and went to bed. We were bushed.
1 comment:
Love the panorama shot. Glad y'all are doing all the walking so I just get to enjoy the views.
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