The rain stopped fairly soon afterwards and whilst the clouds remained with us all day long it did not rain.
I do not know if it was to do with the length of time on the Camino or today's distance but this stage was hard for us, although we have managed lengthier stages prior to today.
There were not too many hills today. We travelled through wonderful forest which made me reminisce about the Australian bush, as there many eucalyptus there.
We pass via the last mayor town before reaching Santiago, the town of Arzua.
We reached our hostel in Salceda around 2 pm just before the rain starts. We were lucky in this regard as some of the peregrinos that arrive a bit later are totally soaked.
The hostel was very nice and we have a room for the 3 of us. No need to use our sleeping bags tonight, as the hostel has proper beds and linen.
We arrange for the washing to be done and after some confusion we have lunch/dinner. The confusion centred around the word dinner versus comer - which means to eat- the owner said you can eat now but you can not have dinner till 8 pm. In Spanish there is a clear difference between comer and having dinner. Anyway we had our midday dinner at around 3 pm, which is the time when the Spanish people tend to have their dinner.
During dinner - we met some other peregrinos whom we had seen along the Camino- and discussed our common and different experiences of Our Camino.
Tomorrow is the last stage, when we will reach Santiago, a long day for us with 31 kms.
Bye for now. Jose
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