Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Day 2 - Portomarin to Palas De Rei

We left around 6.30am and spent a little bit of time finding the restaurant where our guide has booked the breakfast. I was so happy to eat croissant (rather than the 'hard bread'). It was so dark and foggy (and cold!). The plan was to reach Palas De Rei by 2pm and did not stop at all for lunch.

Outside our breakfast place

Did you notice the fog? So pretty!

This time we were considered 'on time'm as in many pilgrims started walking around the same time. We kept going uphill (that's why no pictures at all, we were  quite tired). When we finally saw the view of other hills and mountain from the top, we were so relieved and the tiredness paid off.

The sun rose around 8am

I think what I like the most from the way of Santiago is the sky. Beautiful sky and clouds! I also loved the cloudless sky, yet not so hot weather because it is autumn (first day was an exception).

Beautiful sky1





We also passed old cemetery for the pilgrims. In the past, not all people made it to Santiago. Some (a lot?) died along the way. We didn't really see cemetery now, but it was written there that that land was an old cemetery.
Once we passed this view, we had snack =P

Anyway, we deviated from our original plan. We stopped for a snack around 2pm. After we had snack, we went through horrible uphill. (again, here you don't see many pictures). I started singing with two friends. We recalled lots of Disney songs and I asked them to sing Chinese songs. We arrived at Palas De Rei around 4.30pm (so late!!) with aching foot.

Welcome to Palas De Rei!

We had our real lunch at Palas De Rei,  rested for awhile, took shower, and settled our laundry. We dumped all our dirty clothes together in a washing machine. The second day Albergue was not as nice as the first day's. (I can't recall the name!!! :( ) We went for Mass nearby and managed to do our evening prayer there.



View from outside the church

I didn't join them for dinner because by 9pm I was sooo sleepy. We needed to wake up at 5am the next day and get ready for 30km walk. They said the third day is the most difficult day.

To be continued....


No comments:

Post a Comment