Set off on a gorgeous day to Arzua 22 kms away. Clear blue sky, morning light and beautiful views of the twin tower monastery and pretty town as we left . Sobrado dos Monxes is gorgeous, just like so many of the other small towns we have stayed in. The massive, dilapidated but impressive monastery that dominates the town gave us further thought about the cost of restoration and ongoing upkeep of these centuries old buildings as well as the sacrifices that were made to build them in the first place. How many poor could have been fed, clothed and properly housed for that cost? Anyway...
Our lovely host Lisa made us a simple but yum breakfast of scrambled egg, toast, coffee, juice and a really nice cheese from Arzun where we were headed to.
The track initially was a little hard to find and with the help of some young Californian's we got underway , stopping only for photos with our fellow peregrinos from Spain and coffee in the first few hours .
About halfway through we must have missed a way mark and after consulting out map had no choice but to spend about 8 kms walking towards Arzun on the highway.
Our convo went along the lines of:
Me: Missed the sign again! How did we do that ?
Jude: It's a gift we have ...
Angela: We've really mastered it
Me: Practise makes perfect
Not ideal but we bumped into more people and got back on the track for the last 3 kms where we found more lush countryside and gardens and roses that smell heavenly.
Arzua is where the Camino tracks (the Primativo, French and the Norte) merge and we were warned that we would be inundated with other pilgrims from here for the next 3 days. Yes it's a lot busier but not overwhelming. Quite fun in fact. Tonight we were joined for dinner by John Parker from California.
Our hotel is full as are the local Albergues. It's very nice and the view from our rooms is amazing. Less than 40kms to go until Santiago de Compestela!!!
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