Today is Sunday and as it is Mother’s Day in Canada I want to send you my love. I miss you all as we seem to be in another world on the Camino. Already today I have dried the laundry; sent the Pilgrims off on their long day of 26 km and taken the taxi to Palas del Rei. I have found the hotel and checked in, scouted the town and found a wonderful pastry shop where I watched the ladies baking endless goodies and restrained myself to a tuna empanada ( like a folded over meat pie) and tea. I have found the farmacia for Sue and visited the church ...very old but beautiful. Today is sunny ...first sun we have seen in 3 days and we are hoping for good weather for the rest of the week. I have to say that the taxi Camino suits me much better. Yesterday was also good. I took the bus from Sarria to Portomarin. I was with a lot of pilgrims...the bus was full. One lady from Whiterock and I spent the day together. The work was kind of the same. We got off the bus, had coffee con leche; found our 2 hotels then scouted out the church etc before the walkers arrived. She is traveling with 3 other women. We had dinner last night at a little restaurant overlooking the valley and it was beautiful. The old Portomarin was flooded in 1963 and the town relocated to the top of a hill. I think there had been a town there before as the church was very old.
Dad has passed 600 km and is now focused on getting to Santiago. My computer time is running out so I’ll sign off for now and likely Dad will write tonight.
Love Mom
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