BBBBRRRRRR. It is quite cold in Sarria due to a chill front blanketing the city. I am glad we listened to Jose to stay another night instead of heading out and walking in the cold.

Not much to report on this day except I prepared all of our main meals instead of eating out. Salad and rice.

I believe I have lost some weight but tough to tell as no weighing scale to be found anywhere. My telltale signs are my pants as they are slightly baggier than when we first began the camino. We still eat badly (I mean no holds barred on choice of food, junk etc) except for this last two days where we were doing better with fresh salads and plain rice.

Tommorrow our destination is Portomarin. This is around 22kms but now I add another 2-3kms to the distance as it is a big city and will require us to search for our albergue, the Porto Santiago.

We are now doing better with the albergues as we search the internet for guest comments before we choose them. We also ask for suggestions from our hospitelerias. So far, the albergues we are staying in are quite top notch for the price we pay. Private albergues are definitely better than the municipal albergues. They provide better comfort details, cleaner accomodations and free wifi. Only slightly pricier but not much higher really, where you pay $7 – $10 instead of $3 – $5.

Peace and love,
Hilda