Rough day on the Camino

Today started out like every other day. Up at 7:15, breakfast and on the trail by about 8:20. Up hill and down hill we went not making much progress. After two hours I think we had covered about three miles! We stopped for a rest and moved on to the first big town whose name I can not recall but it started with an M. We stopped for lunch and things started downhill from there. I really needed to use the ladies room so I dropped my backpack and headed toward the bathrooms. I looked up and thought I saw a figure in a dress. I used the facilities and I did wonder what those funny sink like things were but washed my hands and left the area to enjoy my lunch. It was only when I saw Charlie head off to the bathroom that I realized I had used the men's room! Lucky no man decided to use it at the same time!

We set off after lunch for what looked like about a five mile walk to our B&B. The walk went on and on and on. About 4:15 Charlie started cracking jokes and I started to laugh but the laugh quickly turned to tears. We had been walking for almost 8 hours. I wonder is it worth it to stop?

After my breakdown we soon arrived at our resting place for tonight, Casa Milia. It is a comfortable enough place but it is rather chilly here and it seems Spainards do not believe in heat. Dinner comes with our room and was billed as authentic Galacian food. Believe me it won't be coming to a restaurant near you very soon. Course one was a watery soup, course two was a plate of roasted peppers, course three was some kind of beef, I am afraid it might have been cows cheek which is a favorite here. Dessert was the very popular flan. That was the best part of dinner except for the wine I drank to try and warm me up. I must keep telling myself " three more days!" I sure wish I had a pair of red slippers like Dorothy so I could click my heels together and magically arrive in Santiago!