Another short, pleasant walk through the Galician countryside. We decided to stay just past Sarria in a little hamlet. Sarria is a small city and the starting point for the largest number of pilgrims since it is just past the 100 km needed to obtain your Compostela. Approximately 25% of all pilgrims begin in Sarria - which translates to about 50-60 thousand folk per year. Even though we are quite late into the season, you could pick out the new walkers...one lady was carrying a small stool. That caused a bit of a chuckle. Then again she "only" needs to carry it for 109 kms.
We are in a very nice albergue tonight. It has a....swimming pool! Really, really odd but the perfect place to soak tired feet. In fact, our friends - an older Irish couple - actually took a dip. They said something about being about as cold as the Irish Sea.
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