Happy Birthday, Taylor!
This was the biggest day (in terms of mileage) on the Camino in 2026. Because we stayed on the eastern outskirts of Palas del Rei the night before, it tacked on more mileage today, making the first and only 20+ mileage day.
Honestly, not too much to say about today other than we did a ton of walking. And then some more walking. And then we hit the 10 mile mark and did more walking. Sounds like everyone was feeling pretty fresh up until about mile 16, which is when people's bodies started giving signals that it was time to stop walking. Only it wasn't. But eventually it was. After several more miles of walking. 20.5 miles, to be exact.
With the exception of some light rain for the first 90 minutes, I was excited that we had good weather for today's walk. If it had been boiling lava hot as it was in the middle of our trip, it would have made the 20 mile walk that much harder.
We were among the last to arrive at Hotel Arzua around 5:30. I'm going to finish this post tomorrow, but I can't conclude this post without talking about the "laundry anarchy" that happened while I was in Hotel Arzua. Stay tuned.
Also, welcome Faith and Clara--they're students who did the 2024 Camino program (and Faith also did 2022 and served as a hospitalera)--they enjoyed their experience so much that they're back for an encore! It's so great to see them reconnect with the Camino and for our students to have an opportunity to meet and interact with them.
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