Sarria

My apologies for doing the blog yet again because Laura is tired. She thinks she is coming down with a cold. Poor girl, 24/7 with me for over 30 days now is just too much for her immune system to handle.
Todays journey involved an extra 6.5 km so we can avoid some uphills and downhills-NOT! It also included some sunshine, rain, wind, sleet and snow. With all the wardrobe changes, we felt like a one man Broadway act.
The longer route did take us over to Monasterio de Samos, one of the largest and oldest in Spain. To our dismay, we joined and paid money for a one hour tour in Spanish given by a local wanna be comedian monk who left all his Spanish understanding audience in stitches. I didn't even pretend to comprehend the guy because we were probably the topic of his jokes.
In any case, the bad weather took its toll on us. My $3 hat is trash after taking several flights in the wind, Laura is pooped with an aching knee and Nancy has added on a heel blister. To top things off, mom is staying at a 3 star hotel in the flat land with an elevator and a bath tub while Laura and I have an attic room on the 4th floor in a building where we have to climb over a hundred vertical steps just to get to where we can start climbing our 4 floors of narrow stairs. We would probably have an amazing view, except we don't have a window. On second thought, a third blister doesn't seem all that bad after all.
Dinner was far from disappointing as Laura and I had delicious rabbit and Nancy enjoyed her flattened boneless chicken. We are hoping to get better weather tomorrow in what looks like 23 km of ugly terrain. We have walked over 600 km and are on the final 100 km and hope to reach Santiago on Thursday, wish us luck.