Lookin for adventure

Santiago!!! WE MADE IT!!! This was a very momentous occassion. You walk through the town and then all of a sudden you are next to the church, it is absolutely incredible, so much detail. We hugged a golden statue of Saint James and went to mass where they read out the people who had completed the jouney; "two Australians from Le Puy" Wooooo hoooooo thats us! We were very lucky during the mass because someone had paid for the incense burner to be swung. This is the largest one in all of Europe. Unfortunatley the real one was getting cleaned which meant we got a smaller silver one. It didnt matter thought because it was great, we thought it would whack someone in the head. For us Santiago was all about the food and drink. It consisted of one meal after another with various combinations of pilgrims. It was very touristy but we kept inside our food bubble and had a wonderful time.

And whatever comes our way

Have met up with the mad Frenchmen; Noel, Felix and Antoine. They are great company and have decided to walk with them till Fisterra. Now we take the days very slowly and have very long lunches. These Frenchies sure appreciate their food, yesssssss! There are now masses of people making the trek for the last 100km which means its hard to find a bed in the evening, especially now we dont have our tent. We slept in a Gymnasium on the last night which was fun. We got to see some local soccer matches from our beds on the side lines. Have really enjoyed this last stretch with the Frenchies. The countryside is beautiful and we spend the days eating, walking, talking and singing, Noel and Antoine are very good when they sing together.

Galicia

We spent the night at the highest altidude of this region, Galicia, which was incredible. It was quite windy but the views were fantastic. We had a very silly dinner at the hotel because we were both exhausted and wine was included in the meal. We walked a massive 39km this day and a lot of it was straight up!!! Strewth we´re gun beasts!

Its business time

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Misty mountain hop

The evening before we stayed at the top of a mountain in a town that had been deserted and people had only just begun to return to it. The town was in ruins but we had a fun time in a Viking bar where the staff wore animal skin clothes and the walls were covered in cow hides.

This was a fantastic walk. Hardly saw any people and walked along little dirt/rock paths between these crazy mountains. The downhill was pretty tough and had a few near falls, but its so much better with less weight. We arrived in Ponferrada at around lunchtime, and came accross people dressed in funny medieval clothes. Europeans sure love to dress up, Beths kind of people : )

Burgos - Ponferrada

Beer O´Clock