DAY 38 To O Pedrouzo

  We buy cokes at the store and set them outside overnight on our window ledge so we will have cold cokes in the morning.  Spain has not embraced the concept of a mini fridge yet.  We woke to a warm morning and warm cokes.  Oh well, we still needed our caffeine fix.

The km marker indicates we are 38 Kms from the Cathedral in Santiago.  We are getting close, but we are both tired from walking.  We will walk 20 Kms today.

The walking was very hot today.  At least my face and hands are getting tanned.  I wish I could say the same for my scalp. Oh hair where did you go?

We passed through a couple of small hamlets today with nothing open.  We finally came to a bar and it was packed.  The two women running the place were very enterprising.  The couldn't take the money fast enough.  They even had a toilet seat, soap and towels in the restrooms. Yay!

We arrived in O Pedrouzo hot and tired.  We rented a room at the Pension Maribel. It is nice!  We are now 18 Kms from Santiago per the markers and 20 per our guide book.  The guide book says the markers are wrong due to changes in the Camino over the years.

We may or may not make it to Santiago tomorrow.  My knees and Vicky's foot are killing us.  We've got to stop at a Farmicia to restock our supply of aspirins and ibuprofen.

Everyone on the Camino is excited about finishing.  Well almost everyone.  There is a young Irish lady that said she has slowed down because she doesn't want her Camino to end.  I call her Ireland.  She started in Burgos and has passed us several times.  She stops for a cold one and we catch her.    Then she will pass us again.  It is the proverbial hare and the tortoise tale.  She will finish on May 6th.  Hopefully we will get to have a cold one with her in Santiago.