To Fonfria

 I miscalculated on the length of this walk, and it was a bit further than I expected! What is the difference between 24 km and 28 km? I think it’s mainly in my mind. When I was looking forward to stopping at 24 km and then realized I still had to keep going, I felt discouraged, even though my body was able to keep going. I am a little bit worried because I have another 28 km day tomorrow but I’ll face that when it comes.

I passed through several small towns that were actually exactly one street wide. Houses came up to the edge of the road that I was walking on and that was all there was to the town. It’s hard to tell whether the towns are still occupied or not because in the mornings, everyone has their blinds down and there’s nobody out and about so the houses could be abandoned or everybody could just be inside their houses.




After about 5 km of walking, I saw that there was an option to ride horses up the upcoming hill. I did not take this opportunity.

The road just kept going up and up and up, which gave some great views looking back!


Near the top was the marker that I was now in Galicia, which is the last province that I will walk through.

The town of OCelebrio was at the top of the hill and the first Galician town I came to. It is a typical town of the area, in that it uses this gray stone for its buildings. Also, there are some thatched roofs.




This town is a popular starting point if you were doing a shorter Camino of maybe 10 days.

Once over the top, I felt a very cold wind and had to put my jacket back on. The weather on this side of the hills is quite different, cooler and wetter. Also, the plants are quite different. I saw many that were very familiar to me like Sword ferns, and blackberries and other small flowers.







Proof of the wind…

Finally arriving at my Albergue, I treated myself to the Tarta De Santiago. This bit of deliciousness is made all from almond flour: completely gluten-free! 




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