Annette's September Camino 2008

I Feeeeeel Gooood...

...Nananana... I knew that I would, nananana.... I Feeeeeeeeeeel Good..... Nanananana.......

Walking in the morning-mist this morning from Samos where I slept in the beautiful old monastario...  I love these mornings...  well the afternoons too... I love being on the Camino... I love the simplicity...   Yesterday another pilgrim said to me... "You shouldn't go to Samos because in the albergue there is only one big dormitory... and you slep 70-80 pilgrims together..." - My answer to that was great... I think I'll go to Samos" - I don't mind... 4 or 70  as long as I have a roof over my head and a bed to sleep in.

Now we are having a small break in Sarria... I needed to buy a new cellphone as my broke yesterday...  .  there is no light in the screen... I cannot turn it on. -  So now I spent 29 euro on a new temporary cellphone... I'm glad I didn't bring the expensive one on this journey.

I am only a few days away from Santiago... and after Santiago I will continue to the coast... The end of the world...  I do not want this to end. I and addicted to this journey...  waking up in the morning... putting on my boots, on with the backpack... and on my way. Every night a new pueblo and eery night a new bed. New faces and sometimes we have to say goodbye to old smiling faces.

I have just said goodbye to a few who had to end their journey... I am am ahead of others I've met along the way... but new faces will turn up... new stories. Every pilgrim have their story, and their reason to walk the camino.

I am still blisterfree... and still no bedbug-bites though I've seen the little bloodsuckers now a few times. I've even killed a few.

It's quite funny, as sometimes after having a break I feel really old as the muscles a getting cold and stiff... 

This very moment I am only 112 from Santiago... and tonight I plan to be only 90 kilometres from Santiago (as I will sleep in Portomarin).

On the top of O'cebreio I had Pulpo Galego... which I love so much, and I had introduced this delicious meal to 3 Norgewians and Lise who is Danish but lives in Sweden...  unfortunately I was not even hungry... I only ate a tiny bit... I will order them again along the way... as Pulpo Galego is really really good...  May be I will make a pitstop in Melide where this is a huge speciality

Well, I must go on. I am hungry and the Camino is waiting. I still have approx. 20 kilometers to walk before I am in PortoMarin.

Hasta Luego and be good ;-)