Nebraska Norte Nomads

Today we walked about 26 miles, so over half of the remaining distance to the end of the land. It was often breezy, and at times we were a bit cold walking! Temps here were in the mid 60/ mostly. The town we started walking from is called Negreira, and it had this interesting wall as we were leaving. Lisa-Tomorrow we will finish our walking to the end of the earth.  The forecast calls for rain all day and low 60’s. We will persevere as we are so close! Prayers for better weather are appreciated.  Lisa- A couple of people have commented that we should bronze our shoes. We ran across these bronze shoes today on our walk and decided they would do😉If you could smell our shoes, you would agree that we should leave them here.   

Our walk into Santiago was crowded, and not much different from the walk yesterday: it was dark at first, and we walked with others all making their way into the city. When reached the cathedral, it was about 10:30 am. There were tours going on, and since it is Sunday, I assume there was mass at various times. Since we don’t follow the Catholic traditions of faith, the cathedral is not a major draw. It is a large stately building, and we did snap some photos in front. We went to the Camino office and got our official certificates of completion. We will revisit that area in a few days when we return to Santiago. Our walk in was relatively short, 13 miles, and since we have some extra days, we are extending our walk to Finisterre, or the end of the world. This point has a lighthouse and has the distinction, according to the internet, of being the lighthouse in Europe which is closest to the United States. Anyway. We walked 12 miles to Negreira, out toward Finisterre, at the end of the la...

We started walking in the fog again today. It was brisk for the first hour or so, about 54 degrees. We walked a little faster to get warmed up. We saw a lot of people with coats and jackets on.  We started our journey on the Del Norte route. This route is known for ocean views and more difficult terrain than other routes. The most popular route is known as the Francés, (French route). The internet says that 10 times more people do the Frances route than the del Norte. In addition, since we are now within 100km (62 miles) more people are walking here. You can get the certificate of completion by walking 100km. Our path today joined the the Frances route, so it was a much different experience. There were a lot more people, we could almost always see other people walking.  There were also a LOT of places to stop for refreshments and food. We had three Diet Coke and coffee stops by the time we had walked 10 miles! We also walked past several places we could have stopped.  We ...

Since we deviated from the typical route to find lodging for last night, today was a strange day. We saw very few people, and there were no services available for a lot of the way. We walked about 2.5 miles through fog along a stream. It was quaint and probably beautiful if there had been enough light to capture it. We tried, but it doesn’t capture the true view well. We could see the mist particles floating in the air in front of our lights.  After the time by the steam we soon entered a quarry  area. Seemed mostly abandoned, but some large blocks of granite remained. Saw a huge stone formation with a cross on top, and something that looked like an inscription on the stone.  After the quarry, we walked through pasture lands, then just walked on for a long time After about 15 miles, our path crossed one of the normal routes and we saw people, and found a place to have a Coke and a smile, and a bit of food. Then we went back to our unorthodox path, and we were alone until ...