Breaks are burning but the view is amazing!

Camino Day 7 O’cebreo-Sarria
32km by lunch + 12 after

I never thought I would say that climbing the mountain of death yesterday was worth it, but…it was worth it. Seriously, you remember in the Two Towers when there are the vistas of the mountains? I experienced that on a bike…sans snow of course. To descend from the top of the mountain on a gorgeous clear day and descend for twenty minutes with out using the breaks in a soft sloping ride was one experience I will not quickly be able to top; this was quite rewarding after yesterday’s endurance race requiring a basic will to live. We had our lunch of baquette and yogourt in the Monsatic town of Samos and then continued on to our final destination of Sarria.

It was our longest bike ride yet of 41 K’s but it doesn’t really count because 20 K past so easily down the mountain. We found a great auberge run by a little Nonno and Nonna who fed our kids grapes from their grape vine and put a fire on for us in an indoor firepit where they lent us their guitar and Kathryn decided she needed to dance. I then went to find peanut butter which was a hilarious mime experience that did not end well. I had to buy Nutella instead. They also had a great hiking store with every book on the Camino you could ever want in an assortment of languages. We bunked with an Australian and a polish guy who learned to speak English in Ireland so understanding him was entertaining. A great day.