Hello People,
a few hundred kilometers back, we were arriving in Cahors, in France, just when the Tour de France was going through. Yesterday, as we came into Oviedo (which is only 320 kms away from our goal) we arrived just as the Vuelta de España was here. It´s the Spanish Tour, so though we came into Oviedo dead tired, with the usual feeling of having broken feet, we had a good laugh.
Yesterday we walked 37 kms on asphalt, through pre-big city roads with a lot of old buildings, factories, junk here and there, but our day was entertained in some very fun ways! As we left a very ugly town called Pola de Siero, some gypsies invited us into their little house to jam on guitars and sing along... we had a blast, although it cost us 2 hours of walking, which made it so that we were last to arrive at the Oviedo Pilgrim Hostal, which meant, of course, no more beds... only the dining room floor for our weary bodies. We didn´t care too much, it was worth spending time in a gypsie home. (I think the Kleeman brothers got the opportunity to do the same there two days earlier). Indeed it was fun, it was a give and take moment... as they entertained us, fed us, their chickens took advantage of our cookies and ate them all, somehow they managed to get them down from Josh´s bag. We got our revenge... one chicken tried to cross the road just outside the house, but never made it, some car made that one pay for the rest who dared to steal from poor pilgrims. I´m probably talking nonsense to all of you, sorry! It´s just one of many random things that happen to us all along the way.
We are starting to look like bums, really. We are at a point where we are not sure if we are animals or humans... so the definition we´ve given ourselves is humamal. It´s a strange feeling to come into a town and really look like a beggar. Most pilgrims don´t though, I don´t know what we´re doing differently. We shower plenty...
As for my health, I´m feeling better and am able to hold food in my stomach more than 6 hours now. Hopefully we won´t get sick before the end.
We caught up with Cassie and another Danish woman we met along the way a while back, but we don´t think we´ll see the Kleeman brothers until we get there in Santiago. Many pilgrims are starting from Oviedo, so perhaps we´ll be making new friends before the end. Well it´s time for us to move along, hope all is well with all of you,
Oh and before we go, just want to say thank you for your prayers again!
David
