Negreira to Olveiroa

I walked alone in the rain for most of the day, which didn't bother me at all. It was very calming, and put me in a great mood. Day four of rain in the morning, and probably the third day on the entire Camino with a full day of rain. As long as my shoes stay dry, I'm a happy camper. The goal for today was Santa Mariña, with was about 25 kilometers away. This was because Crissi and I were in no rush to finish since we now knew that we would have time at the end.

Old houses surrounded us as we left, and the low hanging clouds, and misting rain, put me in the finest of moods as I walked. The others sped up while talking, and I fell behind once more. I took as many opportunities as possible to wander onto peoples property, trying to take good pictures, and talk to the dogs. The dogs were unresponsive, and couldn't give two shits about me, but the pictures, I think, turned out well.

Sheep greeted me (really they just ignored me and kept eating that grass) as I came to A Peña two hours later. There was a cafe up the stairs, and I found Mauro and Crissi waiting for me at the bottom of them. Another Pilgrim was inside finishing up and about to head back out on the path. I stole (more like asked if I could have) his leftover Spanish Tortilla. Nearly half of it was left, waiting to be eaten. Suddenly I realized that I would have never done something like this back home, but it felt like a no-brainer since it would go to waste. We have become scavengers.

We continued on through the rain for another two and a half hours until arriving in Santa Mariña. After scoping out the places to stay, and getting some cokes, we (more like I) decided that we should keep going. This town felt as boring as the last, was a fraction of the size, and the air contained the constant smell of cow feces. This is a smell I will be happy to get away from once we leave the farmlands of Galicia, and will be happy to never have to smell again.

I put in the headphones, turned on shuffle mode, and cranked up the music for the next two hours of rainy walking towards Olveiroa. This time it was me who pulled ahead and the others fell behind. I don't know when this exactly happened but I realized that they were far behind me when I came to Mallón and decided to pause and let them catch up. I Grabbed some organce juice at the bar, and sat outside waiting. They showed up, separately, 15 minutes later, so they weren't too far behind me.

Beers were ordered, and we hung out for a short break. The Texans passed us again, said they were heading to Olveiroa. The three of us decided to follow them after our break and knock out the full stage today. We got in to town around 3pm. With money on our minds, we checked out the cheaper Albergue but it wasn’t that great, so we ended up going to the more expensive one.

I met up with Lauren and Hailey (the Texans) at the restaurant next to the Albergue later in the evening. We played some card games while watching football. Dinner was so-so, and we didn’t really do much other than hang out at the bar watching sports. We're all planning on heading for the ocean towns of Cee and Corcubòn tomorrow.