Well, we are here, and let me tell you, it is an amazing feeling, to have walked 800km and then get to an amazing Cathedral, though old, it still has its own thing about it. We walked in with Cesar and Kate, and yes, cesar and I were singing "I AM COW HEAR ME MOOOOO!!!" as loud as we could. we found ourselves a nice hostal so we are staying there for the night, and then tomorrow we are going to probably part ways. I just have to say that it feels soo good to be done, but it feels like we are just taking a day off, but no, we are done! no more hiking for a while, maybe do the Portugal route one of these years.
While walking in, we had to stop at a place called Monto Golso, it was the first time that you could see Santiago, and you could just see the towers of the Cathedral. It was probably the best feeling I have felt before, just knowing that we did it, with the pain, but we made it. I was almost in tears but not quite. It still hasnt sunk in that we are done though.
So to all of you that have been faithfully reading everyday, I thank you so much, I would not have done this if you were not reading and leaving comments, so I thank you so much, you comments often made the hard days easier. Mom, we miss you so much and cant wait to see you. And same with all my sisters and brothers and nieces and nephews. We will be there soon.
So to holland we go, that shall be exciting. Going to a great soccer game, so that will be good. But the best thing of the summer, besides doing the hike, will be coming home to all my family and friends, cannot wait.
Well, there is a coke waiting for me at a bar up the road, and a proud and relaxed father, and two great new friends, so I shall leave it at this.
I will enter His gates with thanks giving in my heart.
Thank you
-Jakob
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Saturday, August 2, 2008
day 34- Arzua-Arca de Pino- 20km left!!!!! Last day tomorrow
wow, we are almost there. We just finished having our probable last dinner with cesar and kate on this trail, was very good, and guess what we had. Yes, thats right, Pasta. Well about today.
today we woke up at around 7:15, dad didn´t hear the alarm. so we left at around quarter to 8. Today was only 18km, but it seemed longer. We hiked for a bit, with cesar kate dad and I, and then all of a sudden, he was there, GONE! Dad must have had smelt the coffee in the town 10km or something, because he was gone, like no where to be seen. he said he just all of a sudden felt really good, and just gave it. he was talking to a young boy from Ireland(sp?), Shammes, he is 15, I met him and his family a few days before. Anyways we got to the first town and had the breaky specials. Cafe con leche with orange juince, bocadillo, and a bucky de bei (sp?), haha. All four of us had it, it was only 3€. so cesar and kate paid right away, but dad didn´t pay right away, but that is normal in bars in spain. So we kept on walking and got to another town 5 km away and stopped there. When we went outside to have our lunch dad said "Oh crap, guess what, I forgot to pay for breakfast this morning!!!. Ah well, free breakfast, and I am not going to go walk back there!" So we got free breakfast, but we did not feel good about it, though, dad is a real dutch man. anyways, we got here after hiking, up and down and up and down again. We found the Albequerque right away, no mrs. Ewald we did not miss it, but thanks for the warning. It is an ok place. Got beds right beside Cesar and Kate again. We made plans for me to Go to Poland in 2012 to watch the European Cup, and then I am going to Fiona´s home town to visit her, and then after that I am taking Cesar and Kate home to Smithers with me, so yeah, thats the plan! anyways, righ now they are all sitting ourside and dad is having Rice Pudding, his favorite, and Cesar Kate and I are going to have icecream kake. Well that is all for today, I thank you all for reading everyday, and I am going to miss writing in here and informing you what is going on, and stuff like that, because we are almost done, but I will post tomorrow, so don´t forget to read it, because it will be the last one. Well that is all for now. Bye bye.
For one of the Camino ers, Jakob Kort
Bye bye, here we come Santiago!
today we woke up at around 7:15, dad didn´t hear the alarm. so we left at around quarter to 8. Today was only 18km, but it seemed longer. We hiked for a bit, with cesar kate dad and I, and then all of a sudden, he was there, GONE! Dad must have had smelt the coffee in the town 10km or something, because he was gone, like no where to be seen. he said he just all of a sudden felt really good, and just gave it. he was talking to a young boy from Ireland(sp?), Shammes, he is 15, I met him and his family a few days before. Anyways we got to the first town and had the breaky specials. Cafe con leche with orange juince, bocadillo, and a bucky de bei (sp?), haha. All four of us had it, it was only 3€. so cesar and kate paid right away, but dad didn´t pay right away, but that is normal in bars in spain. So we kept on walking and got to another town 5 km away and stopped there. When we went outside to have our lunch dad said "Oh crap, guess what, I forgot to pay for breakfast this morning!!!. Ah well, free breakfast, and I am not going to go walk back there!" So we got free breakfast, but we did not feel good about it, though, dad is a real dutch man. anyways, we got here after hiking, up and down and up and down again. We found the Albequerque right away, no mrs. Ewald we did not miss it, but thanks for the warning. It is an ok place. Got beds right beside Cesar and Kate again. We made plans for me to Go to Poland in 2012 to watch the European Cup, and then I am going to Fiona´s home town to visit her, and then after that I am taking Cesar and Kate home to Smithers with me, so yeah, thats the plan! anyways, righ now they are all sitting ourside and dad is having Rice Pudding, his favorite, and Cesar Kate and I are going to have icecream kake. Well that is all for today, I thank you all for reading everyday, and I am going to miss writing in here and informing you what is going on, and stuff like that, because we are almost done, but I will post tomorrow, so don´t forget to read it, because it will be the last one. Well that is all for now. Bye bye.
For one of the Camino ers, Jakob Kort
Bye bye, here we come Santiago!
Friday, August 1, 2008
Day 33- Palas de Rei-Arzua- 38km Left! WOW!
So yeah, almost there. Wow. Anyways, about the day.
Well we got up early this morning. Only 6:30 today. Left by 7. Cesar and kate left by 20 to 7. We said we would meet up with them later. So we had a yogurt, and a croissant, dad said he had two, but he was still sleeping, haha. No rain today, nice and cloudy for the morning though. Kind of a boring hike until coffee stop. For brunch, we had a coke and a Kas Limon, and also we both had a HUGE bocadillos, which is a large piece of bread with a large omelette, with either ham or chesse on it. Dad had the ham, I had, yes you guessed it, the cheese. Right when we got there, kate and Cesar were leaving. It seemed like a gathering of Canadians there because Kate and Cesar were there, and us, and this gay(?) vancoverite, and three ladies from Halifax. So we kept on walking, through beautiful trees, and woodland. The cedar and chestnut trees were over taken by large eucaliptus trees, they were very big. After walking around 5km per hour, really fast according to dad, we had to make a stop, after walking 5km. Dad had not had his coffee yet, so he needed it. I had a coke, and we opened up our chocolate bars we had bought the previous afternoon. After that wonderful break, we continued into the woodland. We passed a very raunchy smelling pig farm, had to breath through my mouth the whole time, because I did not want to smell it, I would rather taste it. NOT! After passing that nasty place, we met up with Cesar and Kate. I have taught Cesar the best song in the world. "I am cow" by the Arrogant Worms. Very good, listen to it if you can. After teaching him it, he has started to sing it aloud with me, but while he is alone with Kate, he sings it to real cows. He did that today. Stopped and sang it to the cow. So we met up with them, and we were kinda looking forward to the Albequerque by then. Oh, side note, we have been thinking about doing something special for the last 20km, and I thought of something. Since Cesar just learnt a new song, we should sing I am cow all the way to Santiago, for 20km, but, I don´t think Kate and dad would like that. Dad´s idea was, first one to see Santiago would get carried the rest of the way into it, so I said I would stay at least 500m ahead of them the whole day, just so I could get carried in. Anyways, the terrain was going up and down and up and down, much to the chagrin of dad and kate, who have the sore legs. WE got to the Albequerque, and there was a line up, so we decided to walk another 3 km to Arzua, where we found a very nice albequerque, or I should say, kate and cesar found it. For dinner tonight, we had the best meal yet. Rice with fresh veggies, pork, and scrambled eggs, with again two bottles of wine and a two liter bottle of coke, which is still sitting on the table. AND NO DESSERT!!!!!!! whats with that, we will have to get that later. Anyways, I feel that I have typed in a different style that I usually do today, hopefully it is good. Only 2 days left, tomorrow is 18km and the day into Santiago is 20, nice and easy. Well I miss all my family and I can´t wait to go to holland, bye bye.
Lift your eyes unto the hills......
-Jakob
heres dad
I read psalm 121 at dinner tonight. It got me all choked up, just listen:The LORD watches over you. For more thasn four weeks he has.There has been nothing seriously wrong with Jaokob or me. But also ,The Lord is your shade at your right hand. When you will see us you may notice that we are mostly tanned at the LEFT side!! The sun will not harm you by day. Even though it has been very hot on the meseta, no harm was done to us. The Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forever more. We are coming to the end of this hike, and it has become a bit of a metaphor of our lives. We ´walk everyday, knowing that God is walking beside us and watching over us. I will never read that Psalm the same way again.
Klaas
Well we got up early this morning. Only 6:30 today. Left by 7. Cesar and kate left by 20 to 7. We said we would meet up with them later. So we had a yogurt, and a croissant, dad said he had two, but he was still sleeping, haha. No rain today, nice and cloudy for the morning though. Kind of a boring hike until coffee stop. For brunch, we had a coke and a Kas Limon, and also we both had a HUGE bocadillos, which is a large piece of bread with a large omelette, with either ham or chesse on it. Dad had the ham, I had, yes you guessed it, the cheese. Right when we got there, kate and Cesar were leaving. It seemed like a gathering of Canadians there because Kate and Cesar were there, and us, and this gay(?) vancoverite, and three ladies from Halifax. So we kept on walking, through beautiful trees, and woodland. The cedar and chestnut trees were over taken by large eucaliptus trees, they were very big. After walking around 5km per hour, really fast according to dad, we had to make a stop, after walking 5km. Dad had not had his coffee yet, so he needed it. I had a coke, and we opened up our chocolate bars we had bought the previous afternoon. After that wonderful break, we continued into the woodland. We passed a very raunchy smelling pig farm, had to breath through my mouth the whole time, because I did not want to smell it, I would rather taste it. NOT! After passing that nasty place, we met up with Cesar and Kate. I have taught Cesar the best song in the world. "I am cow" by the Arrogant Worms. Very good, listen to it if you can. After teaching him it, he has started to sing it aloud with me, but while he is alone with Kate, he sings it to real cows. He did that today. Stopped and sang it to the cow. So we met up with them, and we were kinda looking forward to the Albequerque by then. Oh, side note, we have been thinking about doing something special for the last 20km, and I thought of something. Since Cesar just learnt a new song, we should sing I am cow all the way to Santiago, for 20km, but, I don´t think Kate and dad would like that. Dad´s idea was, first one to see Santiago would get carried the rest of the way into it, so I said I would stay at least 500m ahead of them the whole day, just so I could get carried in. Anyways, the terrain was going up and down and up and down, much to the chagrin of dad and kate, who have the sore legs. WE got to the Albequerque, and there was a line up, so we decided to walk another 3 km to Arzua, where we found a very nice albequerque, or I should say, kate and cesar found it. For dinner tonight, we had the best meal yet. Rice with fresh veggies, pork, and scrambled eggs, with again two bottles of wine and a two liter bottle of coke, which is still sitting on the table. AND NO DESSERT!!!!!!! whats with that, we will have to get that later. Anyways, I feel that I have typed in a different style that I usually do today, hopefully it is good. Only 2 days left, tomorrow is 18km and the day into Santiago is 20, nice and easy. Well I miss all my family and I can´t wait to go to holland, bye bye.
Lift your eyes unto the hills......
-Jakob
heres dad
I read psalm 121 at dinner tonight. It got me all choked up, just listen:The LORD watches over you. For more thasn four weeks he has.There has been nothing seriously wrong with Jaokob or me. But also ,The Lord is your shade at your right hand. When you will see us you may notice that we are mostly tanned at the LEFT side!! The sun will not harm you by day. Even though it has been very hot on the meseta, no harm was done to us. The Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forever more. We are coming to the end of this hike, and it has become a bit of a metaphor of our lives. We ´walk everyday, knowing that God is walking beside us and watching over us. I will never read that Psalm the same way again.
Klaas
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