30 September 2018
Walking everyday takes a toll on our bodies, so after going for 6 days non-stop, today was our day for rest. We strolled around the village and stayed in our hotel to recover our energy.
It's amazing how many plants are still in bloom for how late in the season this is. What a beautiful region we are in. (Of course, they get lots of rain throughout much of the year, so we are lucky we have seen such little rain.)
Starting tomorrow, we only have 3 more days of walking before we reach Santiago de Compostela and the end of this journey.
Walking everyday takes a toll on our bodies, so after going for 6 days non-stop, today was our day for rest. We strolled around the village and stayed in our hotel to recover our energy.
It's amazing how many plants are still in bloom for how late in the season this is. What a beautiful region we are in. (Of course, they get lots of rain throughout much of the year, so we are lucky we have seen such little rain.)
Starting tomorrow, we only have 3 more days of walking before we reach Santiago de Compostela and the end of this journey.
Waking around the village of Palas de Rei is like being in a brilliant tunnel of green vegetation.
I found this postcard showing the distance from León (where we started) to Santiago de Compostela - 310 kms or 185 miles. The last distance post we passed showed 65 kms or just 40 miles left to go.
One of the joys we have found previously in coming to Spain has been the incredible dark chocolate that is available everywhere. It wasn't the Dutch, Swiss, or Belgians that brought chocolate to Europe, it was the Spanish. So it makes sense that they would have centuries of experience making great dark chocolate.
Giant hydrangeas are in bloom throughout the region. What a joy!
Almost every home has flowers in bloom, celebrating the warm weather that is still here.
Whatever this flower is, it was incredibly beautiful.
Morning sun peaked through the trees as we continued our stroll through the forest.
Our journey to Santiago de Compostela is nearing completion. Only a few more days and we will be there.
I've never seen such huge hydrangeas before! How gorgeous. Glad your bodies got a day off!
ReplyDeleteOnly 3 more days? That has gone fast! I hope you guys enjoy them and that you have a great day walking the trail tomorrow and get to do some birthday celebrating!
ReplyDeleteThe unidentified flowers are likely dahlias from flower form and foliage. Native to Mexico, there are over twenty-thousand different cultivated varieties.
ReplyDeleteMake that more than 57,000 cultivated varieties if Wikipedia is to be believed! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahlia
ReplyDeleteExcellent, Rob. We knew if anyone could help with the identification, it would be you.
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