Saturday, August 27, 2002 – Sobrado Dos Monxes to Arzua

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A farmers market in the square in Sobrado. I bought two apples here, one for breakfast to go along with my croissant and orange juice and one for the road. Most of the apples in Galicia are cider apples but these are delicious Granny Smith apples.
Beautiful country that we are walking through today.
I thought I would take this picture for all of you who like horses.
The scenery in Galicia is really special.
We walked for about two hours and then stopped for second breakfast.
I took off my shoes and socks and had an apple and a Radler for my second breakfast.
Another scenery photo from the Way.
We just walked past the 50 kilometer mark. We are getting so close to Santiago.
Beautiful church that is kept open by a group of volunteers.
This church was simple and peaceful inside. I knelt and said a prayer for everyone.
It is Saint James telling us we had better get moving if we want to make Arzua before dark.
Great looking corn fields. At about 1:00 PM the skies cleared and with the sun beating down it got hot.
When we got to Arzua we ran across some old guys who recommend a restaurant for a late lunch/early dinner. Everything we ordered we shared. First two courses, mixed salad and calamari. The salad was great, the calamari was only so so.
Next two courses, a barbecue trio of pork ribs, pork sausages and flank steak, and pulpo. We finished with dessert and coffee
This is the group for our late lunch/early dinner. we will be walking with them to Lavacola tomorrow and then on Monday we will be walking with them into Santiago. Anne from France is sitting next to Irene.
A selfie of the group.
This is where we are staying tonight. It is a very nice hotel.
This is our room. It is a little dated but very roomy and comfortable.
There is a washer and a dryer at the hotel. You know what that means, clean clothes for tomorrow.
Dinner. Eggs and fries and chorizo. Very salty but very good.
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That is it for today. We walked 36,000 steps today, 27 kilometers and climbed the equivalent of 25 flight of steps.

I hope everyone is having a great day wherever you are. Good night from Arzua, Lugo, Galicia, Spain.

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I've been retired from the Union Pacific Railroad since 2017. I've been planning to walk the Camino for about 6 months and can't wait to get started.

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