To Santiago de Compostela: 347.1 km
Walked today: 29.5 km
Total walked: 332.1
We started early again. The hotel manager arranged for breakfast to be ready for us at 5:30 am so we were on the move shortly after 6 am.
We started very strongly again. 5 km in an hour and then slow down. The difference was that I was still tired from yesterday.
We arrived to Trouxemill around 9 am. They have a nice small church and a nice statue of Santiago peregrino. Nearby we found a little the store that have everything, a cafe, a supermarket and they even sold hardware items. We sat there to have a café and to buy some fruit and chatted with Bruno, the owner.
Most of the day we walked through small villages or quiet asphalt roads. Again, a beautiful country, lots of flowers, vineyards, and farm fields.
Pilgrims say that the people of Portugal are very nice to pilgrims but that the dogs of Portugal are very nasty with pilgrims. So we had a good scare. We were walking through a nice suburb, I was walking abut 10 metres ahead of Brenda. I walked in front of a house and I saw a woman in the garage with a pretty big black dog. I mean BIG. The animal growled at me but the woman called it off. When Brenda arrived the animal came out running and and jumped snapping at her arm. The owner kept calling the dog off and I could her panic in her voice. Fortunately the dog finally obeyed before he could hurt Brenda. I was to far to do anything and we had our poles in the backpacks. It was pretty scary.
From then on we did not have any other nasty incidents. Thank God.
As for pilgrims, the French couple of Daniel and Chantal passed us while we were praying the rosary in the woods. Later on we met a German gentleman, Clementz, he is 78 and walks faster than us. We ended staying in the same hotel and we had dinner with him. Interesting man, a university professor of Sociology. Finally, when we were almost finished walking for the day, a Canadian with a Toronto maple leafs caught up with us, his name is Scott.
Now it is past 10pm, way past our bedtime. So good night.
I will end with the Fatima prayer
O my Jesus,
forgive us our sins,
save us from the fire of hell,
lead all souls to heaven,
especially those who are in most need of Thy mercy.
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