We walked through small villages, eucalyptus and oak tree woods, and fields of autumn corn. It felt like we walked down into several river valleys and then climbed back up again. Tomorrow I believe we walk up and down 6 river valleys on our way to Casa Dominga, this side of Palais de Rei.
One of the challenges of walking "Al Contrairio" is that it is not always as obvious which is the right way to go. Twice today we took a wrong turn. One took us along a flat road and we realized quite quickly that we had made a wrong turn. As we found our way back to the Camino, an older woman was very insistent that we were going the wrong way! With our limited Spanish, we were able to communicate to her that we wanted to go the "wrong" way.
Second time we went down a big hill, which meant we had to climb back up the big hill to find the right turn off. That was hard as it was near the end of the day, we were tired, and it was raining quite hard at the time.
Sharon and I are creating a nice walking rhythm together, and also an evening rhythm. The past 2 nights we have eaten dinner early, and then come back to the albergue, showered, done laundry, taken time for writing, and then gone to bed early. I am still adjusting to the time change so last night didn't sleep deeply until after midnight, even though I was exhausted and my legs ached from walking all day.
The most poignant part of today's experience was walking in all day in the rain. If we had been at home, we probably would have put off our walk until a nicer day. As a pilgrim, all there is to do is to walk, no matter what the weather.
Buen Camino!
Suseya,
Sarah
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