12-13 September

12 September

Place we stayed at was a dump. Dinner consisted of a puke worthy vegetarian slop. And it wasn’t just me. The other Pilgrims felt the same. Then again the host was just  following the Pilgrim guidebook in that Pilgrims have to suffer and they cannot enjoy food. The walk to the next town was uneventful. Almost boring. Rained a little and remained overcast but when we arrived at Condom it poured. We just missed it.

Another conversation with Honorio.

Gee Honor. I woke up this morning with a mal d’etait. Too many beer and wine.

NO, NO DAT IS NOT POSSIBLE. YOU DO NOT.

Well how do you know that? What is going on in my head.

I KNOW, I KNOW. I USED TO BE A DOCTOR.

What? You told me you were a Librarian.

YES, YES . I KNOW. BUT I READ MANY BOOKS. I KNOW. YOU DID NOT. NO HEADACHE FROM ALCOHOL.

Oh, ok. If you say so Honorario.

I DO, I DO.

On the walk to Eauze, which is a very old and historic town. Henry 4h lived here for a few years, I fell in the mud and wrenched my right knee. I thought my Camino was over but this morning it felt better. I broke one of my rules not to walk in the woods and trail after a major rainfall. I broke that rule and paid the price.

Got to Eauze but had to wait 2 hours to get into the gite. Honoario went ballistic or postal. The book said it opened at 2pm but it didnt open until 4pm. With Honoario there is no compromise. He was upset but when he tried to brush his teeth in the WC the bartender said he could not. Well, that really upset Honorario (the mad Spaniard).

NO, NO WE LEAVE.

But, I haven’t finished my beer.

NO, NO. WE LEAVE…NOW. WE GO. I DON’T LIKE THIS PLACE. WE GO.

Ok Honor. We left. He was mad. And all over toothpaste.

We covered 35 kilometers.

13 September.

Walked to Nogros today. 21 kilometers. The next few stages are all over 30 kilometers. I may split that because 30 plus is a hard slog. It will be my last day with Honorario because he wants to go fast and I don’t. There is also a very nice Polish woman here who speaks very good English. She also walks very fast. She does about 6 kilometers per hour. Why so fast I ask. They want to reach the day’s destination as quickly as possible. No time to stop and smell the roses. I don’t like that. Honorario is like that as well. Not me.

Happy birthday to my three favorite people. Twins Sadie and Katie and their brother.