Sunday 18 may. Sarria – Portomarin – Hospital de la Cruz.
33 km, total 699 km. Quite hilly.
I took the opportunity to recharge my mobile while I ate lunch.
The church in Porto Marin is a bit special. It was moved up from the valley to its present location when they built the power plant with a hydroelectric dam. Before movement the church was dismantled, all the blocks got marked with numbers in order to place them right at the next assembly. Unfortunately they used a marking that was impossible to remove so the labels are still visible.
After Porto Marin was a tough hill several kilometers long. I passed Gonza where Lennart and I spent the night in September 2007. In Castro, Mayor, I stopped for a cup of coffee and a "Tarta de Compostela".
I passed three men with a donkey carrying their luggage. They also had a scythe with which to prepare the "fuel" for donkey.
I am now at the inn in the Hospital de la Cruz. Have not seen anything to Steve since La Portela. The hostel of Hospital de la Cruz was modern and clean. Here I where having dinner with two German women, plus a Dutchman. The restaurant where we ate, was near the hostel
STAGES
På svenska Bayonne – St. Jean Pied de Port – Orisson Orrisson – Roncevalles – Bizcareta Bizcareta – Pamplona – Cizur Menor Cizur Menor – Puente la Reina – Lorca Lorca – Estella – Los Arcos Los Arcos – Logroño – Navarette Navarette –Santo Domingo de la Calzada – Grañón Grañón – Villamayor del Rio – Villafranca Montes de Oca Villafranca Montes de Oca – Atapuerca – Burgos Burgos – Rabé de las Calzadas – Hornillos del Camino Hornillos del Camino – Castrojeriz – Itero de la Vega Itero de la Vega – Frómista – Villalcazar de Sirga Villacazar de Sirga – Carrión de los Condes – Lédigos Lédigos – Sahagún – Bercianos Berciano – Mansilla de las Mulas – Puente Villarente Puente Villarente – Leon – Virgin del Camino Virgin del Camino – Hospital de Orbigo – Santibáñez de Valdeiglesias Santibáñez de Valdeiglesias – Astorga – Rabanal del Camino Rabanal del Camino – Molinaseca – Ponferrada Ponferrada – Villafranca – Trabadelo Trabadelo – O Cebreiro – Viduedo Viduedo – Samos – Sarria Sarria – Portomarin – Hospital de la Cruz Hospital de la Cruz – Palas de Rei – Melide Melide – Arzua – Sta. Irene Sta. Irene – Monte do Gozo Monte do Gozo – Santiago de Compostela The journey home