Yesterday I woke up to the smell of smoke. There are several wildfires now I'm Northern the and the smoke has been blowing into Galicia for the past two days, creating a haze in the atmosphere. It feels awful to know that the beautiful country I just walked through is being damaged.

I continued traveling with the woman I met at the monastery. We walked from the monastery at Armenteira down along a gorgeous wild-looking river and through vineyards to Villanova de Arousa (23km). We had hoped to catch the boat that afternoon but instead we watched it pull away from the dock just as we came into view of the harbor so we checked into the municipal albergue in the local albergue.

Today we caught the boat at 1:30 and traveled up the Arousa river to Pontecesures. I left my companion at the monastery in Hebron and continued another 15km to O Faramello so that I would have less to walk tomorrow.

Everything feels more intense now that's I'm so close to finishing. Tomorrow I will walk the remaining 15km to Santiago de Compostela.

(Pictures aren't uploading, will try adding tomorrow)