Miles 16.52/ Steps: 36,182
Todays selfie
Everyday we must get a stamp from our hostel, a church, restaurant or museum. Once we are 100km from Santiago de Compostela we need to get 2 stamps a day. About 3 miles into todays walk, in Moratinos, this guy was sitting outside of a bar doing wax stamps. We got to choose which stamp we wanted and the color of the wax. It was a lovely experience and a nice addition to the credential.
This town was so cute. Blue doors, Buddha’s in window sills and knitted decorations for the trees.
Sahagun is considered the halfway point if you started the Camino in Spain. The figurines made me think of the scene in the movie the Never-ending Story when Atreyu had to run thru the Sphinx’s gate. If you haven’t seen the movie you should! Feels appropriate to go thru this with Nikki since she was there at the beginning.
There are so many impressive wall murals:
Having fun with a statue with Joe, Orlando, Nikki and Annie
Goofing around at the midway memorial.
Most of todays walk was shaded by trees that lined the trail.
360km to go. (223 miles) to go!
Thank you to Heather for booking my accommodation because I couldn’t find anything in Bercianos. Rosa was the owner and was lovely and the hostel was great! I had a bottom bunk with fresh sheets and the bed didn’t squeak and no one slept above me! This is what dreams are made of.
We met up at a bar with live music and so many people were there! Bernardo, Savina, Nikki, Annie, Father Mark, Marie and Veronique! The singer was like Norah Jones/Eva Cassidy and just great background music to a lovely evening.
The drink of the night was Vino Tintos which is red wine, a fizzy lemonade and a shot of some liqueur. It really is light and refreshing and a perfect summer drink!
Lovely wall art and a Camino sign on my way back to my hostel for the night.
Shelby Williams
The Never Ending Story as an adult sort of ruined my childhood feelings on it though 😭