GOAL! (almost)

Tuesday, September 23^rd

I feel completely renewed after yesterday's melt down. It has been a pleasant day walking 24 kilometers to Siguero. There is a feeling of elation as we have nearly reached Santiago. At every resting place the girls from Sardinia are just about to leave. And again when we reach the Hostal Miras in Siguero The girls have arrived just ahead of us. They are in their early thirties and Jan and I  feel we have done well to keep up with them. 

Santiago in the distance

the end of sun flower season

Route markings

There is no Albergue facility in Siguero so we are staying at an inexpensive hotel. The cost is about 3 times what we have been paying for the Albergue, we have a private room, but a shared bathroom.  At every Albergue there has been plenty of hot water and the showers were excellent. Alas the shower at the hostal is not up to the Albergue standard.  It is not just cold, it is frigid.  Or you could say it was water conservation made easy. Brrrr!

GOAL!

Tonight we are heading out for dinner.  We walk around the town and decide on a bar offering tasty looking pizzas and a salad menu.  When we go in there are a couple of people at the bar talking. A half hour later the bar begins to fill up. Then the patron pulls down a very LARGE screen TV. All the tables and chairs are facing the screen . There is a table of 5 older men who have ordered cokes and bottle of scotch. Everyone has come in to watch the BIG match between Real Madrid and Barcelona.  This is very serious TV watching.  

Tomorrow is our day to shout GOAL! We will arrive in Santiago.