Barbadelo, Day 31

We woke up and had a quick breakfast served by the same woman who ran the dance party last night. She is a woman of many talents. After we thanked her for such a memorable evening, we were on our way.

The day began with a series of steep downhills which lasted several hours. It rained on and off. Eventually, we happened upon a small abode of which was surrounded by greenery. The door was ajar and we could see into a warm room which had art pieces hung up on the walls. A friend of ours walked out as we were setting down our bags and showed us a wonderful painting the man inside had drawn on his Camino passport in place of a cello (stamp). We went in to see if he would do the same for us. As we waited for the paint to dry, we talked to him for awhile. It turns out he had done the Camino himself, and found it so life changing that he wanted to buy property along The Way. He renovated a two story house and made the top story the art gallery and the bottom his dwellings. Before we left, he asked if he could say a prayer for us. We thanked him and went on our way.

We continued to walk along a path that did not appear in the app that we were using. Due to this, we had no way to gauge how close we were to the end of the day. Eventually we met up with a few more friends when we stopped at a cafe for lunch, and continued to walk together the rest of the afternoon.

We reached Sarria, which is the town that marks 100km left on the Camino. This is the least possible amount of the Camino you can walk and still receive your certification. We stopped to get snacks and take a few iconic “Sarria” pictures.

The rest of the walk was short, with a little uphill. Our evening was laid back as if mostly consisted of resting and chatting. We took our shoes in for the night instead of leaving them outside the alburgue - it was forecasted to be very stormy that night and the next day.