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stone fences like you’d see in Ireland or somewhere. I assumed it was to keep the sheep in until I was sitting having lunch the other day and I saw one jump right over the wall, eat some grass for a while in the ditch, then just jump back over like it wasn’t even there. How long must it have taken to build those things, and they don’t serve ANY purpose?

    To Everyone (group)
    Crazy old men
    On Thur, Nov 1 at 7:04 PM, Virgil Larrimore wrote:
    Was a really long day today and guess what? It rained all damned day again. What did we do to deserve this? Is it because I got my son to download all that free music for me? I knew that didn’t seem right. Just make the rain stop, please. When we finally dragged our asses into whatever town we’re in now, I can’t keep them straight any more, Palace something, we’re passing by this run-down old church in a pretty bad mood, all of us. Then this little old man comes out and starts yelling at us in Spanish, and I couldn’t understand much. So I plod over to him (I almost didn’t since I had to go up at least 8 steps), the rest of them just ignore him and keep walking. He waves me over and tells me to lean down to listen and he starts whispering in my ear in Spanish . I only caught a couple words, “dry” and “saviour” and “Tiago” and then he smiled and touched my arm, kind of slow and weird, but then all of a sudden it was like all my fatigue and pain just melted away. It was the strangest thing. I started walking in circles, to see if my legs really were as much better as they felt, and that I wasn’t imagining it. But I wasn’t. Then I turned around to thank him and he was gone. What the hell is going on around here?

    To Everyone (group)
    TV and tampons
    On Fri, Nov 2 at 9:19 PM, Virgil Larrimore wrote:
    I’ve been hiking with the same three or four people most days and for the last week or so we’ve been trying to find 4 -person dorms so we know what we’re in for at night. You wouldn’t believe what it’s like to sleep in a room full of strangers every night. People are disgusting beings, seriously. Tonight we’re actually in a 4-bed hotel room. It was connected to the albergue but when we trudged in soaked and tired and cold the woman at reception sold us on the fact the hotel room had heat, where apparently the albergue does not. Well worth the extra 5 euro each if you ask me. We even have a TV. Just finished watching an episode of Numbers in Spanish and now there’s a How It’s Made show on all about female sanitary napkins. Their history, tips on use, and technical details like how much fluff per tampon. And I’m completely enthralled, just because I’m actually watching TV. I think I’m losing my mind. Thank god it’s almost over…

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    Finished!
    On Mon, Nov 5 at 10:26 AM, Virgil Larrimore wrote:
    We’re done!!! I am officially a full-fledged and licensed Compostela Pilgrim. And I’m pretty sure no one cares but me. Hoorah. Hard to believe it’s actually over. Woke up in a real hotel room this morning with a pounding headache and it took a minute to figure out where I was. I almost got up and started getting ready to hike. Then I remembered I didn’t have to and I just about cheered out loud I was so happy. 800 kilometres in the books! Gonna stay here and relax for a couple days I think, some of our friends are going to be showing up today and tomorrow.

    To Everyone (group)
    A Little More Maybe?
    On Tue, Nov 6 at 2:41 PM, Virgil Larrimore wrote:
    A few people I know have decided they’re going to hike to Finisterre now. It’s another 100 kilometres but it’s right on the ocean and is apparently really amazing. It’s weird but I’m considering it. It just seems too strange to be done, not sure how to stop…



Packing and Advice
    Welcome to the practical portion of our Camino journey. Or, shall we say, relatively