At kilometer post 745, Puebla de Sanabria marks the three-quarter-way point. We're going to take a rest day here, our first since Salamanca 11 days ago. Dean & Mariana Larkin spend tomorrow night with us here and then walk with us for the following 6 days. Mariana and I were in the same student exchange program in Sevilla in 1978-79. She and Dean live in Pewuakee, WI. They flew into Madrid yesterday, smack in the middle of a four day weekend, and they are finding most everything closed. Today is May Day, the international labor day. Tomorrow is a holiday in the city of Madrid. Don't ask me what for.
Spring is just arriving in these parts. We've come quite a way north from sunny Sevilla. Plus, we're at 960 meters altitude, or about 3200 feet, roughly the same as Government Camp on the flanks of Mt. Hood. There was fresh snow on the hills above us this morning. I hope this weather system blows through before we cross the 4385-ft pass at Padornelo on Thursday.
Today started out clear and cold. It stayed cold with a disagreable headwind all day. I don't think the temperature got above 50F, and it felt a lot colder in the wind. With one kilometer between us and our hotel, it started to rain. A nuisance, but fortunately it came late. We knew we we'd be running that risk when we stopped for lunch. Oh, well.
We had been walking with the same group for the past 4 days, but they pulled ahead of us when we stopped here. It is always a bit sad to part company. We'd been walking with Jurgen from Germany, Josef from Holland, and a couple from Austria, Sepp & Grete.
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hola. vistamos frecuentemente esta pagina para ver por donde vais. estamos asombrados del monton de kilometros que llevais en vuestros pies. mucho animo desde Sevilla, y buen camino. concha y antonio
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