Entry
55, January 18th,
2012
A
very interesting albergue last night. The beds, kitchen, and other
facilities were all scattered between three different buildings. One
was an old bakery, and another used to be a granary I think. They
had all been beautifully converted. Nice and warm upstairs in the
old granary.
There
was also a good example of a very Galician structure nearby. A
small, long, narrow building, with a pointed roof and latticed sides.
It sits on a series of pillars above the ground, each of which has a
wide protruding lip around the top. A set of stairs, separate from
the building, may rise halfway to the door, but no further. They are
small storehouses called horreos, built for keeping rodents and the
damp away from corn and such (take what you will from this about the
size and resourcefulness of Galicia's rats). They dot the landscape
everywhere, in various states of decoration and repair.
Expenses,
Day 55
Breakfast:
3.50
Lunch:
5.50
Coffee:
1.50
Pastry:
.90
Total:
11.40
Trip
Total: 1246.66
Graffiti
on the back of a road sign:
“Hi
buddy,
I
hope that “to be real” became true, and that the anger got no
more food. Finisterra ist nur das ende einer etappe. The real
camino goes on. And you are not alone. Be blessed,
-your
friend, Glen 6/8/2011”
I
found the ocean.
The
bathroom stall door in the municipal albergue here in Finisterra is
one of the most magnificent examples of graffiti I have ever seen.
Every square inch of the thing is covered, in every language that you
can imagine. I don't recognize them all, or even half. My favorite
is this:
“This
is not the end. Do not be afraid.”
I
have reached the end of my camino only to discover that it is not the
end. More to follow.
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