Happy Birthday Grandma Margaret!
Today has been painful to say the least! We woke this morning at 6am to light rain (misty) and set off down the road. We came to the first sign saying ´Santiago 790´so we are definitley closer :P
Last night at the meal we were served a vegetable soup for starters, trout (whole :S) with chips and a dessert (which wasnt great), all with a bottle of wine and a bottle of water for €10. We (Me, Jess, CJ and Alex) were sat with two other pilgrims, one guy from Germany and the other from Lithuania.
On todays walk I ended up walking most of the 27.4km walk with CJ, one of the Americans we´d met yesterday. For me it didnt start off very well as I felt very ill, sick and nauseous so we took our time but eventually made it. At one point in the walk we had to take off our shoes and socks so we could cross a river/stream which was FREEZING! We continued up the path for 1 minute, after having put on all our socks and shoes back on, and another river appeared which was deeper and wider than the last - typical! As me and CJ fell behind Jess and Alex (my fault :( ) we came across some Spanish children (teenagers really) who spoke to CJ (who speaks very good spanish - thankfully) and she turned around and shouted at us ´British beats!´ and then persisted to play on loud Britney Spears Í´m not a girl, not yet a woman´. This was the surealist experience ever, we hung back a little as they walked ahead out of hearing distance. The weather improved alot since this morning and we had sun and blue sky towards the end. Eventually we arrived in Larasonña where our albergue is erm..... basic. There are 13 bunk beds in one room, which cost €6. We made our own tea tonight of spaghetti and sauce which cost a grand total of €3.50 for four of us!
I have now got 2 blisters on the bottom of my left foot which is rather irritating. Hey ho! Tomorrow we walk into Pamplona, but we have been advised to take the road route as the camino paths have been flooded. This is where i shall buy some more sandals! Woo!
Night xx
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