22.4 km walked today.
The camino has exploded! There is an invasion of new Spaniards.
There are these two families walking together each set of parents has two kids in a double stroller. The first time I saw them it was still dark and the kids were asleep. Later in the morning the kids got out and did some walking too. The moms and the kids were singing Spanish preschool songs. There is one that is about going looking for a lion which goes a lot like "we're going on a bear hunt". The kids even tried to do something similar to the toody tot (spelling?) while walking. They were so cute. Apparently there is a song about being a pilgrim and walking to Santiago too that they sang.
There are way too many hills in Spain and there was lots on the camino today, including a not-fun long steep downhill bit right before Portomarin.
I was hot and tired as I crossed the long bridge into Portomarin. Then the town greeted me with a huge flight of 60+ stairs straight up. After which all the yellow arrow and signs disappeared and no map or town info could be found. That's just what I enjoy at the end of the day, a game of guess where the albergues are. The first three I found were full. I headed further into town towards the church but away from the camino. There I found the municipal albergue. The guys sitting out from told me it was full, but I figured maybe the receptionist could tell me where another albergue was. And what do you know, the guys were wrong there were three bed left, €6. I got the third to last bed and it wasn't even a top bunk! I scored the handicapped room with its own bathroom, which I shared with three Italians.
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