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[QUOTE="12-22Pilgrim, post: 1044982, member: 102318"] Made it to O Pedrouso without any problems…One Day More!!! Started walking today and it was freezing cold - must have been in the 40s. So I stopped for coffee before I even get out of Arzuq, which I never do. But while it is open, I can’t get service and I do NOT wait for coffee when it is another few km down the road. So off I went, all layered up and freezing. And then a pilgrim I met on the way to La Faba, from Bilbao walks up and says hi and we talked the entire rest of the way, including a coffee and breakfast break (2 bananas and 2 coffees for me - fasting after my chocoholic day yesterday, LOL). And we were perfectly in synch - not too much speed, but also not too slow. We talked about nutrition and exercise, work, religion, philosophy, more religion, freedom and individuality, miracles (his dad grew up in this village during this episode: [URL]https://thecatholictravelguide.com/destinations/spain/garabandal-the-warning-and-the-miracle/[/URL]), family, money, family money, geopolitics, Spanish attitudes toward politics, and even his attitudes toward various Spanish separatist movements (especially the Basque, for obvious reasons). It was a truly wonderful and expansive talk. It made the journey, which was not even so long, seem very short. As someone mentioned above, even in my final days since Sarria I have had some of my BEST conversations of the Camino! We get to O Pedrouso and he is looking for his Albergue, not too far up the street. I plug mine into the GPS…and it seems awfully far away and I have already passed it! So I start walking back…and back…and the km are going up on the markers….and it is still 1.5km away! It’s not even in the right town and I would rather walk to Santiago tonight than add a bunch of km today and tomorrow (particularly because I had plans in town - pilgrims Mass and dinner with friends). So I cancel the booking, see a beautiful Albergue in town with a pool, march right up, and they have had 2 cancellation and available immediately for 15 euros. Sold! A lot of my pilgrim friends are hurting, either physically or emotionally. We are all ready to arrive now, even as we don’t know how it will feel. I am truly blessed to be healthy and my legs and feet feel like new. In fact my left small toe nail fell off today and there was the renewed nail below it. So that was my day - I am almost to Santiago - even added a couple km for fun 😅 Buen Camino! [/QUOTE]
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