Today was a short day. As always it was climbing a good deal of the way and a very steep decent. I found myself with a bit of a sinus cold or allergy problem. I tested for COVID and negative, thank goodness. Anyway, I feel a bit drug out today. I went to a pharmacy in Muxia and got something for the congregation so I can sleep a bit better tonight. Lots of smokers over here and that really exasperates this problem.
Today on this mountain climb that didn’t stop, I met a woman from Brazil. Her enthusiasm for the day and the end of her Portuguese Camino was just the lift I needed to get to the top and rejoice in the day.
It took three handfuls of these giant Spanish sunflower seeds to get me down the mountain today. Sometimes a bit of distraction works wonders with keeping the boots moving.
The way today is a two way path. We are walking to from Santiago to a Muxia via Finisterra and some are walking Santiago to Finisterra via Muxia. On all my Camino’s I have seen people walking in backwards. But there are equal amounts of people going each way on these Caminos.
When we came out of the forest today we were on a two way Highway for quite a while. Once we started seeing the ocean the dreaded highway disappeared and all I could see was the beauty of the deep blue and turquoise waters.
We said goodbye to our last mountain of Galacia. Muxia is a small fishing village, very charming and full of pilgrims. A perfect place to say goodbye to this Camino.
Candi and Karen, thank you for the perfect vicarious experience. Vicarious was a vocabulary word in one of my English classes in high school. When I learned the definition, I thought who would want to have a vicarious experience? Well, you just gave me one, and I loved it.
In your previous treks, it seemed to go so quickly. This hike is either longer or more packed with varied scenery and “incidences”. Anyway, a highlight of my day.