Life's a Stitch

September 27: Coastal route – 24.6k

Last night was pilgrim party night in Padron, first with drinks at a table of 7, two from Germany, the two of us, a Polish girl, a man from Spain and one from the Netherlands.  The Camino is all about the people.

Then we stopped for tapas dinner with another Australian couple and Joe and Patty, Cdn friends travelling together by car. They had many Camino questions. We arrived back at our hotel just before midnight. 

It was a long walk into Santiago, 24.6k, with a 260 meter steep and steady elevation gain on an exceptionally humid day with not quite enough sleep and almost enough water.

 I spent a couple of hours walking with Lizette, from Florida. She's a lawyer by education and practicing mediator, and with my background managing a community law office, we had a conversation comparing legal systems. 

Later we met a group of women from Norway. I asked them about St. Olav's way, the Norwegian pilgrimage route. They said this one is more interesting as they live right on the St. Olav route.

We ended our day with Coupi (Choopy), the 10 year old Portuguese Water Dog and her owner, Janna, a Spanish teacher from the Czech Republic. No leash, she followed Janna's every step even on busy roads. This was Coupi's second pilgrimage, she was a young dog on the first one.

We spotted the spires of the cathedral from 6k away. We were soon to arrive at our first pilgrimage destination of this trip. Tomorrow we start the Camino Muxia.