A brief PSA: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, EME! 😁😁 We took our time this morning, partially out of compassion for me and my difficulty dragging myself out of bed after waking for a phone interview scheduled for 2:30am Spain time (7 hr time difference can be a bugger) and having difficulty falling back to sleep after rousing…
Day 10: Lugos-Ferreira; 38,832
Another two dozen kilometer day! Today, we were treated to John William's Imperial March from Star Wars as we left Lugo, thanks to a fellow peregrino's cellphone playlist. It was the ???? consecutive day starting out in a foggy mist, which gives the landscape a serene emptiness and we feel more apt to speak in…
Day 9: Castroverde-Lugo; 36,616
Earned a shorter day today after our trek yesterday. Elevation was also much kinder. (see top photo vs bottom) BEST bonus of today? SUNSHINE. ☀️ ☀️☀️ We arrived in Lugo relatively early (3:30), so showered/unpacked and hit the town. It was sunny, 75°, and beautiful. We encountered grand cathedrals around many corners, hiked atop a…
