300 km's to go. Tomorrow we break into the 200's! Last night since there was no store to purchase food, we splurged on a restaurant. The chef there was also an artist, and prepared the food in a kitchen right in the same room as us. The first course was a bowl of vegetable soup that was just what we needed. Second course was a salmon mousse that was delicious. Third course was an excellent salad with pork chops. For postre (dessert), he served tiramisu with ice cream. Next he brought out bottles of liquors for us to sample. All this professionally prepared with a bottle of great wine for 9.50 euros. Today's walk was again overcast, but by some miracle we have again avoided the rain. Things are becoming very green and lush, as we approach Galacia. The trails were very pleasant today, although the 25 km's felt a bit long towards the end. Having 4 small villages to walk thru broke up the day nicely. As you will see from the photos, the villages that we walked thru were mostly abandoned. They had maybe a dozen older people around, with most houses either sitting empty, or in ruin. There was no tienda (store) of any description to be found in any of them. This is in stark contrast to the large centres where you see huge numbers of children. There is also a pic of an electric high speed rail project, that looks abandoned. From the pic below, you can see that I successfully managed to secure a piece of floor in an sports facility. My cousin nabbed the last bed in the albergue here. Anyways next is the version française and today's pics. Terry Pour cette quatrième journée de marche, j'ai franchi mon centième kilomètre ! Un autre 25 km aujourd'hui. Mes pieds sont comme des crêpes : bien aplatis par le poids de mon sac et de la marche. Comme tous les matins, nous sommes partis vers 8h. Au premier village (à 9km), nous en avons profité pour acheter les ingrédients nécessaires pour faire une soupe en fin de journée. Malheureusement, une fois arrivés à l'auberge, nous avons constaté qu'il n'y avait pas de cuisine pour cuisiner... Comme Terry l'a mentionné, nous avons traversé plusieurs petits villages peu habités, mais très jolis qui ont agrémenté notre marche. Je comprends bien ce que Woody Allen dit: "L'éternité, c'est long surtout vers la fin!" En effet, ce sont les dernier kilomètres qui sont les plus difficiles. J'ai bien aimé cette journée. Le paysage est plus agréable et varié : des arbres, des champs, des collines, plus de fleurs ici et là, des vaches, des moutons et des chevaux, et, surtout, toujours quelques mûres à manger ! Hasta manana! Chantal
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