Half Way

Today we surpassed 300km and are half way to Santiago.  The weather has moderated a little. It has been in the 80's instead of the 90s.  It is still advisable to be completed with hiking by 1pm to avoid the intensity of the solar radiation, so we leave early and often miss breakfast as a result. 

In recent days we have handled breakfast in a variety of ways.  One morning we made boiled eggs and had museli cereal that we made in an Albergue kitchen.  Another morning we had breakfast at 6:15am in a hostel (only because a french tour group was there and had a preplanned early breakfast that we 'crashed').  More commonly we forego breakfast and have it a cafe later in the day. 

The hardest part of foregoing breakfast is hitting the cobblestones without a cup of coffee.  The food can wait, but hiking half-conscious is not fun.

A rare segment of single track

We may be Beasts Of Burden hiking the Camino, but this fella' has it worse!

Just some goats

Looking down at Palheira

Walking in traffic... so fun!

Our albergue room in Cernache

Walking through an open market

Impassable?  Not for us! We managed to squeeze through!

More Cobblestones 

Agueda pedestrian zone

View from our hostel in Agueda

(A green umbrella fell at my feet and was added to my pack)

Locals

Does the route go through this door?

One of many public fountains on the route

A great cafe we happened upon Friday morning... The first scrambled eggs and bacon of the trip!!

Onward!!