Morning Rain! Not that heavy, but enough to postpone our departure until it lessened. It gave me a chance to refill my data Sim card at the Vodafone store before leaving.
The family that runs Hotel Larry could not have been more hospitable either the night before or this morning. Even though the rain wasn’t that heavy, it was still raining after breakfast. Seeing I was going to walk the three blocks to the Vodafone store they offered to drive us there! The rain was lessening and there were a few small breaks of blue in the sky so we just walked on down.
Once the data refill was purchased we were off. The rain had stopped and as we walked along the edge of the harbor the sun came out.
The total distance to Fisterra is only 16 km so this was to be an easy day.
This hotel is about 5km out of CEE and is right on the beach. The setting is so inviting that someday I’d like to come back and stay here.
Sometime I’d like to spend a few days on the beach at this hotel
A little over two hours later we rounded the bend and there was Fisterra . The Faro (lighthouse) is barely visible on the point.
Before reaching Fisterra the path parallels the shore line with the fabulous, and vacant mile long beach. There were not more than 5 people on the whole beach. The path is only about 100 meters from the water.
Beach just before Fisterre
About a half mile from Fisterra my shoes went off, and down to the water I went. The water makes my feet look sort of strange, but the water was cool and oh so refreshing.
The stayed rest of the way to Fisterra was on the sand. Slower going, but soft! Instead of walking back inland to the path.
We stayed at Hotel Mariquito (another family hotel) where I had stayed 6 months ago. We checked in, had a beer and tapas, took a short nap then went out for an early dinner. We planned on walking to Faro after dinner and watching the sunset at the point.
Mile Marker 0.00 km at the lighthouse at sunset
The sunset was really special. There were quite a few people on the rocks watching. Even with the people it was quiet as the sun dipped into the ocean. Maybe this slow extinguishing of the sunlight was its own homage to the tranquility of the Camino.
There were no clouds of this night which results in a boring photo. So below is a more interesting photo of the sunset and rain taken from the lighthouse taken on an earlier visit.
Sunset at Fisterra
After the sun went down we walked back to the town, had a glass of wine and turned in. Watching the sunset at Fisterra, after walking for days, has a spiritual feeling and most people seem to sense it.
Tomorrow we are off to Lires – again an easy day of about 16km.