When last we left our readers, we had just arrived in O’Cebreiro in the Galicia region of Spain. True to form, within 2 hours of being there, it poured down rain! But the lodge we were staying in was warm and dry, so life was good.

O’Cebreiro has the oldest functioning church on the Camino, dating back to the 9th century.

In fact, 800 years ago this year,  St. Francis of Asisi did the Camino and visited this church. Here’s a guy born of a very wealthy family who gives it all up to work with the poor.  Very cool.

We started this morning as soon as there was enough light and the fog had lifted. I took some shots of the fog, but they didn’t come out. However, once the fog lifted, it remained in the valleys and made a great picture.

Interestingly, those flowers that seem to grow out of pavement along the Meseta have a cousin in Galicia. Here’s a photo of the local version.

Tomorrow we will hike to Sarria.  Sarria is noteworthy because it is the last point that a pilgrim can start a Camino and still get credit for it. As a result, the numbers of Pilgrims will increase dramatically. We’ve already seen an increase since Leon.  That’s okay. We don’t own the Camino. It’s just something you have to get used to.

We now have 13 more miles in the bank, 418 down and about 85 to go.

Now for chores …