25/09/2010
Santiago 4 days!
Galicia today and it 'moved. A dense but light rain has made this outline stage. The proximity of Santiago feels the atmosphere. There is a succession of small villages in the woods took us to the famous stone of 100 km. in Santiago.
few days ago I said that now all downhill towards the goal, but today I realized that it was just a metaphor. A series of up and down their legs cut off to the many pilgrims, especially those who already have the legs' 700 km. like us. But nothing remains to show that we have seen today: the stage and you ' turning paths for good, sometimes very muddy, down strong, gentle slopes ... In addition, we crossed the train tracks unattended, several streams, beautiful landscapes, bridges, particularly that of the basin Belesar .
This bridge led to the goal of our today's stage: Portomarin . In the mountains? It 'just so'. Do you think the old country and its remnants remain under the waters of this reservoir, after the construction of a dam. The new Portomarin located about 200 meters' high.
Today we realized how increased pilgrims. From Sarria In fact, many of them start to make the last 100 km. that 'their chance' arrival in Santiago de Compostela receive the : the document that certifies personal pilgrimage. New faces along the way make us feel that the intimacy 'that we had to walk up here and' over. In fact we were able to enjoy little moments of absolute silence as we happened almost daily before.
From a survey carried out so far from us, greeting the more 'common among pilgrims' "¡Hola!" and "Buen Camino" then follows "Buenas Dias". The famous greeting "Ultreya" not and 'very widely used. In fact I am using it only me and only two girls from Corsica and Laura, an Italian girl, answered correctly "Suseya.
Do you think I said goodbye to two English boys with this greeting, but they stopped and asked me: "What did you say?" And I try to explain in English that was not a bad word but a "old" greet the pilgrims along the Way. That figure .... But their '.
Ultreya!
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Technical data of the day:
Departure time: 6:50
km covered: 23
Difference: - 83 up and down with
Weather: Rain Showers
Time: 5: 57
Up here in full:
Total km. locations: 706
Total hours Way: 190:40
km estimated in Santiago: 88
