Tricastela

Another great day. We have entered the province of Galicia and the landscape has changed dramatically. Gone are the flat, dry wheat fields. Now the landscape is green, rolling hills. We walked about 16 km to Triacastela. Mostly down hill, sometimes steeply. My knees were certainly feeling it. Another feature of today's path was poop. There are a lot of cows in Galicia and the roads, including the Camino, are used to move them about. Enough said.

Along the way we came across JoElle, who we had ridden in the horse drawn carriage with. We walked with her for most of the day and continued the camaraderie into the evening when Nathan caught up (35 km today) and Marisa, another pilgrim we know, all had a nice dinner together.

 Tomorrow we walk to Sarria. This is significant because it is just over 100 km from Santiago. To earn a compestella, pilgrims must walk at least the last 100 km. Many people start here and only walk from Sarria. We expect to see many more new pilgrims after that. We've made reservations at hostals along the way, so we won't have to compete for a bed like so many do.  We won't see Nathan now until Santiago. He thinks he may arrive on the 20th or 21st, us on the 24th.  The end of our Camino is still a way off, but we are starting to feel it.