When riding my bike in Galicia I could see lots of grain storage sheds. These small sheds were on pillars of rock. They were all the same with a rectangle shelf and made of cut stone and wood. They are very very old and from the Celtic times who were the first farmers in Spain….
When I was riding today dad and I stopped at a little gallery. The man gave me a crystal. Dad and I continued riding our bikes. I was on my bike going down a steep gravel path. Some pilgrims yelled out to me to say hello. I turned my head to speak to them and…
Tonight we went to a supermercado to buy some groceries. At the supermercado mum bought me some deodarant. When I put it on it felt funny and tickled me. I was laughing and laughing. We all have deodorant as hiking can make you smell. Mum doesn’t like smelling so she has an extra large can….
Tonight Penny and Paul took us to a bar that they have been at before in Melide. Mum and I watched the pulpo (octopus) being cooked. The lady was cooking the pulpo in a massive pot over a very hot gas fire. She then got the pulpo out of big pot and cut it up…
Today when I was riding through a town Dad showed me a Sundial. The Sundial is used for telling the time. It is very old, it was built into the side of an old building in 1822 (it is almost 200 years old). It has a metal rod with cut out circle at the end…
Emergency Services in Spain are like Australian Police, Fire and Ambilabce. Today we saw firemen and the trucks were red and white in colour. The lights are blue green and red. The Ambulance trucks are yellow and they work out of the Fire Station. In the big cities you often hear and see the ambulance…
I started my Camino credential card in Pamplona at the cathedral. You need to get it offically stamped to begin the Camino. At the end of the Camino you have to present your credential card in Santiago de Compestella. They then issue you your Compestella certificate of completion. The stamps in the credential card are…
When I arrived in Spain Dad changed some money over as Australian money is not used here. The money used in Spain is Euro. Euro is used in most of Europe. 1 euro = $1.50 Australian Mum took a photo of the money. The coins are 1c, 2c, 5c, 10c, 50c, 1 euro, 2 euro….
We pulled up in the pram and Grace got out of the rain cover. Grace picked up the slug and started patting it. Grace then held the slug very very still to wait for the antenna’s to come back out again. Grace called the first slug Heidi! We put the slug on top of the…