Camino Day Thirty-Two- Triacastela to Sarria (11.1 Miles)

Since we had a short hike to Sarria we had a lazy morning and after breakfast we were on the Way at 8:30. The hike began with an uphill climb for about four miles out of Triacastela and then for the last three and a half hours was a gentle slope all the way down to Sarria. We saw many small Chapels, but really no churches.

Ever since entering Galicia the feel of the country has changed. Before Galicia, travelling in Navarra to Riojo to Castile/Leon, the feel of the countryside was very different. In the first three regions there was a feel of wealth in both the homes and towns. The churches were large, well maintained, and full of historic art. In Galicia it has been different. The towns are villages, the churches are chapels, and the houses are half homes and half barns. The people in Galicia seem far less wealthy than any of the three other regions we have visited.

After arriving in Sarria and checking into our room, we went to lunch. John was craving a hamburger, which they do very well in Spain, and Chris craved a salad. We split one of each. After lunch we spent an hour doing our laundry at a real laundromat. Oh clean clothes not washed in a bathtub…. heaven.

Showers, dinner, and early to bed at 9:15 with an alarm set for 2:00 for Game Five, the deciding game, of the Mariners and Tigers Divisional Playoff Game.

Another great day on the Camino.

PS- We have been playing with the format on how the pictures come into the Blog. Originally we had them all cropped to the same size. That looked great but cut off a lot of the photo. So we switched to no crop but received feedback that the pictures were too small. We have decided to give you the uncropped pictures. To make them larger:

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Buen Camino.