Another slow start today. Although many cover the roughly 90 km to Finisterre in three days, we decided to take a slightly different and more leisurely route. We are breaking the trip up into shorter stages of only about 20 km each, and planning to walk to Muxia first, then finish in Finisterre (the end of the earth).
It had rained overnight, and was still drizzling a little as we walked out from Negreira.
Galicia is known for wet and misty weather, and is certainly living up to its reputation. But the temps are quite moderate, and it is very pleasant walking.
This blue and yellow shell design is one of the standard route markers along all the caminos, here accompanied by a yellow arrow. The cows in the field don't seem to mind the pilgrim traffic.
Spain is a country with many languages besides Spanish. At the start of our trip, the language was Catalan, later we were in Basque country. Here in Galicia it's Gallego, which is a combination of Spanish with Portuguese and Celtic. Note this route marker (again, with the shell): the squiggle over the n in camino (can't figure out how to get the alternate alphabet in this blogger window), and Fisterra for Finisterre.
Hydrangeas are very common yard plants here, and seem to thrive in this climate (as in Oregon's coast range).
By mid-afternoon we stopped for the day in the very small village of Santa Marina de Moranos. There's a small albergue (10 beds) adjoining a bar: perfect. As I finish this post, the proprietor in the bar is preparing dinner, and just brought our bottle of wine. A good time to stop writing and close the computer!
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