OMG ~ Can you believe that it is October already? And that I have been on the Camino nearly a month?
Today I am in PortoMarin staying at the VillaMarin Albergue . It is very clean, close to the river and very pleasant .... Not what I expected at all! The Camino is full of surprises. This morning as we were leaving the Casa de Rego where we stayed last night, we stopped to thank the family- Lorenzo and Carol- for a wonderful welcome and absolutely fantastic food. Lorenzo is a great chef and told us yesterday that he cooks from his heart. He really does. Everything was incredibly prepared. So as we were leaving, about 7:30 this morning, he pulls out a bottle of Liquor de Herbios and pours a shot glass for Dennis and one for me. Now I have been watching people drink beer for breakfast on
a regular basis and I must admit that I never expected to enjoy an after dinner liquor after BREAKFAST.
Yesterday on our very long walk we heard bagpipe music floating in the air. The Galacian area that we are now walking through has Celtic ancestry. We have been enjoying all kinds of wonderful music in the cafes as we travel. I remarked to Dennis that the bagpipes that we were hearing didn't sound like a recording . The music became more clear as we meandered down the wooded trail. Then there he stood bagpipes melodiously bellowing beautiful sounds throughout the serene countryside filled with picture perfect scenes everywhere we looked. His name is Danny and he lives in Sarria. He told us that the pipes he was playing where different from the Scottish pipes and even explained some of the physical differences. He told us the name of these special Celtic pipes and then he began to play once again. He plays for the Pilgrims to help during this long way of the journey. As we walked on we continued to hear the melodious strains of a couple more tunes.
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