Less than 100 to go!

Greetings from Portomarin, after an absolutely lovely walk through the hills of Galicia. The weather continues to be fabulous - sunny, cool in the mornings and going up to the mid-twenties by noon. Today we walked 23 km; yesterday we did 25 km. A few days ago we crossed the third and last mountain range; the high point was at O´Cebreiro, a lovely little touristy town, set on the ridge of the mountain. So, at this point we are 95 km from Santiago - according to our map book. The signs in town say 90 km....

This morning we left Sarria, which is about 120 km from Santiago. There were noticeably more walkers today, since, to get the official Compostela in Santiago, you must have walked at least 100 km. And this is a holy year - which means that St. James' special day, July 25, falls on a Sunday. So there were many more people on the path today, including teenagers, families, couples, groups of friends, etc. All of these are in addition to our other ¨Camino Companions¨, which we would like to show in some pictures. Unfortunately we cannot seem to upload pictures today, we´ll try again another time.