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WolverineDG said:....omg, spare yourself the slog & take a bus. Only 1 bar the whole distance (at the 9k mark), & afterwards, it´s the march of the damned. You don´t see Calzadilla until you are in it.
Kelly
So we sorry to hear you're having this experience, really not what it's about!Tonight we are in Portomarin in a nice new hostel. We saw the advert on the road.
We have left the municipal circuit and are paying 7 to 9 euros for private alburgues. Since we have done this, we have not seen any more bedbutgs, although we have seen plenty of folks with bites. I am still spraying my bed, even though we have changed to privates. The little buggers are not fussy!
We are only walking half stages and are trying to figure out where to go from Santiago, still.
We thought maybe going back to the Plata, but I have to admit, I am tiring of the people. This is more of a race than ever. I had a woman run ahead of me in Sarria to throw her things on the bed I was headed for.. it was silly and made me feel really sad. People are RUNNING RUNNING RUNNING... we have taken to singing the song from Alice in Wonderland,
I´m late!
I´m late!
For a very important date!
when they pass us at ridiculous rates of speed, or get up at 4 in the morning and try to walk in the dark. I had three young girls ask me if I knew where the road was the other day. I had just gotten up to use the toilet. It was about 5 am and dark as night can be. I told them, but felt like saying, Maybe if you waited until the sun came up you could SEE the road¿¿
Anyway... it does not feel very spiritual, rather more like a race, which I am not interested in.
So, maybe we will NOT go back to the Plata.
Maybe I am finished with the Camino this time around.
Feeling blue.
Barcelona is having floods and much of Spain is having rain right now. So far, we have been lucky and have only had a few sprinkles, but the weather is definitely changing to autumn.
I think we may go to Rome, then southern Italy and take a ferry to Greece...
but not sure yet.
We have about 4 more days until we reach Santiago. I have lost some weight, which makes me very happy...
Not much more news...
I am weary this time around... homesick...tired of pilgrims... a bit depressed.
Wish the sun would shine...
So we sorry to hear you're having this experience, really not what it's about!
Lol! Ummmm... that was over 12 years ago. I was having a bad daySo we sorry to hear you're having this experience, really not what it's about!
How strange. I wonder if it was a funeral or something? Weird.Annie, speaking of strange experience in Portomarin, my wife and I stayed in a private albergue very near the historic Cathedral in 2019. We stayed in a room with a wonderful balcony and could see the church. Late afternoon I saw the doors open so decided to rush over to get a sello. I entered the church and discovered a mass was underway. My wife and I practicing Catholics, so I knelt at a pew then decided to head for Communion. A nearby priest waved me off, then told me it was a "private service" and I was not eligible to receive communion! Never in my 64 year life have I attended a Catholic mass that was considered "private". Needless to say, my wife and I did not return for the pilgrim's mass later that evening. Other than crossing the "scary bridge" and climbing the "scary steps" into Portomarin, we love the town. Lots of nice bars, shops and restaurants. We have reservations at the same place and same balcony room on 17 October 2021. Bob
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