Left JFK early evening.

Leaving JFK. Goodnight!

Good Morning Madrid!

Me doing some PT/stretching in the airport. Lol!

Bus rides to La Coruña

Walking up the road to next bus stop

City by a sea

Walking around Ferrol

Pilgrim Chris with a earlier day pilgrim

Ending the evening with chocolate and churros.

Lol!

Tomorrow we start the Walk. The Way of St James. We have mostly adjusted to the time change and have eaten lots of croissants.

Here we come Camino!

We did our laundry b4 we set out.

The street outside our hotel.

Side view of hotel.

Yucca “tree”?!

Statue of the Jorge Juan, \240architect of many building and “chocolate bar grid design” of city streets.

Pano of part of city and harbor.

Jamon! It what’s for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack- age…

Amazing lunch/dinner at Sidreria Ferrol Calle Igle.

I did say this was lunch, but we ate enough to cover dinner too. So good!

I think this door knocker is cool!

The drainage pipe has a beautiful-ness to it!

Doing my regular stretching \240for the old arthritic back. . My physical therapist from the Green Room in Troy would be proud of me.

Lol!

Tomorrow we start the Walk. The Way of St James. We have mostly adjusted to the time change and have eaten lots of croissants.

Here we come Camino!

Day 3: Breakfast at our hotel. Croissants, coffee con lech, and fresh OJ

Did some laundry

Set out to walk. This is the front of hotel.

Side of hotel

Nearby we spotted this Yuca tree. We have Yucca plants at home. .

This statue is a tribute to Jorge Juan, one of the cities architects famous for the section of city streets in “chocolate bar”grid pattern and many other beautiful buildings

Pano from a park above the city and harbor. We will be walking along the harbor on our way OOT tomorrow.

Jahmon hanging in the food market. It’s delish ham. For breakfast, lunch, dinner,and snacks…

Lunch: We found grilled fresh veggies at this restaurant right outside the market.

Still at lunch. We won’t need dinner. Ham croquettes, salad, and grilled veggies. Bread and grilled pork(?) was set at the table too. So good!

Cool door knocker!

Beautiful water drainage pipe.

One of the churches \240where there was wedding today.

Me doing PT again.Taking care of the old arthritic back. My physical therapist from the Green \240Room in Troy, NY would be proud.

Lol!

Tomorrow we head out on the Camino trail. The Way of St James. Looking forward to beautiful cities, towns, country side, cathedrals and more. \240

We plan on bring in Santiago by Friday. Hopefully I’ll be able to journal along the way!

Typical trail \240marker

Mileage marker

More markers

Imbedded marker

Chris’s phone doesn’t take pics anymore so I’m the main photographer. Good thing I love lots of pics of this guy. Lol!

Shepherd in the city limits

Galicia has much graffiti.

Some of the biggest hygrenga bushes \240ever

Hotel in Neda. The Pazo de Merced by the sea is 300+ years old.

Walking today was difficult for me. I cannot handle a pack on the back. Wanted to chop my leg and hip off. Ugh. From this point on our packs will be transported to next town/ hotel. What a relief! And it is not too expensive.

Until tomorrow. Beunos Noches.

Breakfast at hotel in Neda was nice

The sky was beautiful as we set out

Trail markers were plentiful

This was about half way, a spot for cafe con leche for me.

Staff at our last hotel told us this beach was beautiful. We have not seen so many shells to pick up since a trip to Sanibell Island, FL many years ago.

The harbor was beautiful

This was Pontedume, the streets were HILLY but a cute town.

Shortly after this spot there was a trail angel. She had a \240water jug, first aide kit, pears. \240apples, and hazelnuts from trees in her yard \240at the end of her driveway. We stopped for awhile and rested there. There was also a box with a scallop necklace to take and a box to make a donation for it.

The rest of the trail was gorgeous. In the woods with beautiful trees as well as a grape \240arbor and \240picnic area.

Shortly after this spot we became super tired and my knee hurt terribly I walked backwards down hills. Lol!

Total mileage walked today was 15 miles. Our longest walk and most beautiful so far!