Ribadiso

Last night was interesting. We went for a pilgrim meal in the restaurant attached to the Albergue. We arrived early so we sat and waited for a while with drinks. Asthe waitress came to take our order she managed to pour a glass of water all over me. She was very embarrased and i was very wet. Went and changed and the rest of the meal was uneventful until the end when she brought us a tray of liqueurs - we guessed to make up for the dousing! We laughed and I was only glad that it was water not vinto tinto! Today is day 33 - only 2 to go. 42km more!!The days are closing in on us and we will soon be at our journey´s end. It feels bitter-sweet. I´m definitely ready to be done but it´s hard to imagine going back to life in the real world. Our group gets on well and we have shared plenty of good times and tought times over the last five weeks: We miss Charlotte since she is walking on the finisterre; but it will be sad to leave good friends behind: Today we´ve walked 26km. Left early this morning. The weather is cool but not raining perfect for the tired pilgrims. The highlight of the day was lunch. We stopped at Melide the best place to sample "pulpo" that is octopus. We were recommended to go to a particular restaurant for the best pulpo in Spain. The owner was holding a whole octopus up and its legs were dangling - he shook it to scare us and think that it was moving. We took the advice of the local and sampled it with, of course, Vino Tinto. How was it? well it was chewy but well flavoured: the thought of eating it was actually worse than the actualexpereince; but I´m not clamoring for more! we´ve had that experience! As we continued down the streets of Melide we saw am older man playig his harmonica. he was keen to show us pictures of him dressed up and performing on stage. We have seen a number of people riding horses and wonder if they are on their way to Santiago as well. They seem to come in groups. We passed a bakery with piles of the daily bread ready for pick up or delivery. We thought we were done with hils but not so - still plenty of them and more to come. We walked through several plantations of Eucalyptus trees which smelt beautiful. The trail was well shaded and we crossed streams on very solid rock bridges. So the end of another day on the Camino. Pilgrim meal to come