Day 40 Finsterre - menos tres (dias)
Day 40 Oct 18 Destination = La Marina / 72 km to go.
El objetivo final: Finsterre
“Smart men walked on the moon, daring men walked on the ocean floor, but wise men walk with God.”
-Leonard Ravenhill
Much less traffic now. What percentage of pilgrims continue to walk to Finsterre? Leaving Santiago behind I have joined the 1% of pilgrims that continue their journey on foot to Finsterre (or Muxia)
Detail maps for the last five days of my Camino. I’ll have spent a night in Negreira (last night), tonight in Santa Marina, Logroso, and Wednesday in Corcubion before I finally get to Finsterre on Thursday (I started walking on a Thursday, and will end my walking on a Thursday) ! Since I will be done walking once I reach Finsterre, I will take a taxi (30 euros) out to Muxia too poke around and say that I’ve been there too before the trip ends
Don’t quite know what this means other than that’s what my feet and hips felt like at the end of the day today
I stopped for a second breakfast and had a tortilla and coffee con Leche. I also had a nice complement from a Spanish group that had stopped as well -they had just finished their Camino Portugal and now they’re pressing on to Finistetre to finish their Camino. They asked me what my age was I asked them to guess and I was given the nice complement of 60. Clearly, walking this Camino, with the new aches and pains are ending up shaving years off my life (joke alert) 👻
The best description for today’s walking is plodding (to walk heavily or move laboriously; trudge ) add all the associated adjectives. There was a little bit of time on paved roads and I when I’m on such I find I have inane thoughts and observations like the average size of vehicles in Spain is 1/2 of what we have in the states. The most popular vehicles are Opal, Citroen, and Peugeot, Half of them are exhaling the beautiful scent of ode de diesel - the most popular luxury vehicle for those that can afford them is Audi. I’ve only seen five pick-up trucks in 40 days -go figure.
I just passed a retired German who lives near the Danish border - this is Camino number three for him - he is doing the Primitivo this year but he also did Portuguese in Norte over the last few years
By the way the Camino Portuguese can be completed in as little as two weeks. Most definitely finish it in less than three. The benefit of the Portuguese is that it is a shorter (and flatter) commitment for those that don’t have the luxury of time or feel that they can conquer the Francis. I’ve also heard people rave about the beauty of that route combined with a lot of walking by the ocean and over-the-top epic seafood - it sounds like a good Camino to me. One of my walking acquaintances said there’s a seaside town that celebrates ‘the sardine’ for an entire month -it’s a festival every day (Lisbon in June)- that got my attention. It is now on my bucket list ‘ fo sho’
Best Swedish sushi I know of -fresh sardines or anchoas
-Sven F.
12:00 noon - All in all I’ve seen about 12 people in the last three hours. Such fellow peregrinos fall into two categories:
a) those with a spring in there step and
b) those that can barely walk.
I’m somewhere in between.
-consequently at end of day today I’ve adjusted my walking schedule. I’ve added a day. I’m essentially running out of gas so I’m limiting my walking to 17 km or 11 miles factoring in hills and the fact that I am a hurting unit by noon. Small price to pay to increase likelihood of success
Capellas are chapels. This one looks inviting -gate open -my body aches but the door is locked. So I kind of shook my head and walked on. What’s the point ? !
My new Camino tribe welcomed me to their dinner last night. Shane, Ashley (left). And Victoria, Michel (right) are wrapping up there Camino - they walked out of their front door from Geneva in July sometime! Wow! Can you believe it ?!
I like the sign hanging in Paco‘s dining room I believe it is in Galician language. Live, Laugh, Love….. always
