Here I am, back in Dublin before the last big push for the USA. It is strangely familiar here. For example, I know the rates of the internet here at teh airport and only had a 2 Euro coin, so here I am killing the extra €1.62 that I have vested intot his machine. So a few more details about Spain: the ride was 502 miles, or roughly 800 km. We rode from Pamplona to Santiago de Compostela and it took us 15 days. We did not take any days off until we were finished in Santiago and that’s when the hips and knees and ankles really started to hurt. But it was worth it. We only had one rainy day in the region of Galicia, named from its Galic influences, hence the rain, and that’s when Dena and I called into a pulperia, restaurants that sell octopus, (in a region known for its famous octopus). ANd i have to say, that not only was it muy rico, it was nice to not have to sit out in the rain.
Tomorrow we fly out of Dublin to Washington, DC and I’m thinking it will be nice to be stateside, but I will most certaintly miss Europe. For example, the rasin scone that I am about to go purchase here in the airport. When I return to the states, it’s one night in DC, then on to New York City to see Radiohead, and then the next day it’s on to California for three weeks of training at the Yosemite Institute, my job that starts in January. So the traveling is by no means over, but I have no idea when I’ll be writing again. I am fairly confidant that there is another big trip in the works for this fall, probably Hawaii, or maybe even New Zeland, but no promises on either!
For those of you asking about pictures, I didn’t have the technical prowess or Euros required to put up pics, but I might look at it in September and add a few if I get the chance. In the meantime, thanks so much for reading.
