Sarria, 120 km to Santiago
What a chaotic morning! An early start (3 am) I thought I heard movement in the garden that backs into ours but dismissed it to be a cat, fox, etc. Then, as I rushed out the door, my hand carry fell apart. So back in to replace and repack. As I again was leaving the front door, policemen were combing the street for am intruder so I had to report the funny noises as a possible burglar hiding in the bushes!
Anyway, off to the chaos that is Gatwick South Terminal only to realise I was supposed to be at the North Terminal and arrived there just in time to hear my flight being called out by the Easy Jet staff standing in front of the irritated passengers in long queues for the airline bag drop. One saving grace of the whole morning was not having to stand and snake my way slowly up to the check in desk.
Anyway, back to Sarria. You need to get here from Santiago to start the last leg of the Camino. I am not a true pilgrim and didn't take the bus to the start. I cabbed it, the 120 km, and checked into my first hotel, not the albergues (large rooms that sleep up to several hundred pilgrims). I figured since I was getting a taxi to ship my suitcases from hotel to hotel, and not taking 20 kilos on my back, there is no point in pretending I was going traditional.
The room is very basic, BUT, the bathroom is as large as the room, it's clean, and it has got air conditioning and wifi. Good enough for me.
Anyway, off to the chaos that is Gatwick South Terminal only to realise I was supposed to be at the North Terminal and arrived there just in time to hear my flight being called out by the Easy Jet staff standing in front of the irritated passengers in long queues for the airline bag drop. One saving grace of the whole morning was not having to stand and snake my way slowly up to the check in desk.
Anyway, back to Sarria. You need to get here from Santiago to start the last leg of the Camino. I am not a true pilgrim and didn't take the bus to the start. I cabbed it, the 120 km, and checked into my first hotel, not the albergues (large rooms that sleep up to several hundred pilgrims). I figured since I was getting a taxi to ship my suitcases from hotel to hotel, and not taking 20 kilos on my back, there is no point in pretending I was going traditional.
The room is very basic, BUT, the bathroom is as large as the room, it's clean, and it has got air conditioning and wifi. Good enough for me.
Hotel Oca
The only thing to see....the river
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