Today we saw two calves, born just minutes before we walked up, with their umbilical cords attached and the placenta fresh and steaming, in the drizzling rain. We walked through quiet mossy fairy forests. We found new friends, Martha from Atlanta, Marga from Barcelona, Sergio from Lecce. We are staying in the cutest country albergue off the beaten path–no more smelly teenagers drinking wine all night in the dirty city hostel. Just a delicious dinner with kind people, in a quiet stone house with the cow mooing in the barn. Now, she’s asleep.
Lunch break 
Albergue O Abrigadoiro in San Xulián (3.4km past Palas de Rei walking through the forest–so worth it!!) We had a great communal dinner in the albergue together. 
(L to R: Marga, Martha, Sergio)