Today Jim lived out a long time dream. He ran with the bulls. Well, no they were actually cows and he didn´t run, he walked with a herd of some dozen cows that came onto the Camino this morning. So did Wendy and another half dozen young Spaniards. The cows were well behaved and no one was gored.
We walked in overcast, muggy weather today from Triacastela to Sarria through thick forested area, a distance of about 24 kilometers. When we arrived in Sarria just after noon, there was a line up of some 30 backpacks of pilgrims waiting to getting into the main alburgue. We added ours to the lineup and were among the lucky 42 people who got a bed. There are at least five other alburgues in this town. However, it shows you the bed space in the alburgues is filling up a lot earlier as we get closer to Santiago.
Sometime tomorrow morning, we will pass the 100 kilomter mark left in our journey until Santiago. You can see the growing relief in people´s expressions as they realize they will be finishing their walk sometime later this week. No doubt they see the look in our faces.
It is fun to watch people reconnect with those they met earlier on the route. The atomosphere here in Sarria was made more festive by a local celebration that was concluding as we arrived. The mainstreet was lined with a carpet made with flower petals. Under the petals are lines of gunpowder which are ignited and blow the fours into the air. We missed seeing this occurrance but did hear it quite well!
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