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From Cacabelos, 375 down, 125 miles to Santiago.

Yesterday we arrived at Cruz de Ferro, where you lay your stone which you brought from home, the size being relative to your sins, and ask forgiveness of them and a blessing. Luckily, we were not aware of the size thing, or we would have had to hire a Shirpa for the trip. Not knowing about Karen & Guy's volume of sins, we overcompensated by laying a much larger stone for them. See pic. People at Cross are Deacon Jim and Dora the Explorer, from NY.

The Stork and the soccer boy are typical scenes near every church, and evenings in every small village.

We are totally amazed, daily, on the generosity of the Spanish people. For instance, there are stands of fruit along the mountain trails, for which they are only asking a donation.

Another encounter that we experienced today, while having lunch on a bench in a grassy area. A local dog approached us, sniffing our chorizo and cheese. We tossed him a couple of pieces. Immediately, a woman from a near dwelling leaned out on her terrace and yelled something at us. We thought, oh boy, we're in trouble now for feeding her dog. In seconds, she came at us, almost running. When she got to us, she opened her hands and gave us a 2 large handfulls of cherries, freshly picked and washed from her own tree. As she left us with a "Buen Camino".  After 800 years,Peregrinos are still treated with kindness wherever they are.
Phil & Mikki