So Weary

Mona and Emily walking past capella Santa Irene, just moments before we reached our sweet albergue called Santa Maria.

This was a difficult day just full of ups and downs-the terrain and our emotions. The walk was not difficult, or shouldn't have been, but it seemed such a struggle right from the beginning.  We walked the first three kilometers to Arzua and saw two buses stop to unload pilgrims. 

We hiked with the bus pilgrims for a short time (Emily's in the pic) but they were noisy! We stopped and let them all pass. Later in the morning we saw their small tour van, at several spots, picking up pilgrims who needed a ride...

Some ups- more eucalyptus trees

and seeing a few familiar faces like Duncan from MT and Lily from Taiwan who took my face in her hands and said it was nice to see an old face! (She meant familiar!) Mona heard a rumor that Prince Harry was doing the camino! We had delicious pineapple mango smoothies at a cafe where we stopped for an afternoon break. We saw a sign for Santiago and we know we will be there on Friday. 

And the rest of the day? I don't know what to say. My SHS/LHS friend, Bob G. said, when he wished me well, that there is no trick to the Camino. It's just one step after another... 

With Love,

The Three Peregrinas