From O Cebreiro to Triacastella ( 22.5 km )

As I noticed that my room was not only facing north but also had various holes around the window I bought a sweatshirt in the local store. I added 2 blankets on top of my bed and lights were off at 21.00.

I did well dressing up for the night - it is an uncomfortable 14 degrees Celcius in the room in the morning. However the sunrise up here on mountain top with no cloud in the sky made more than up for it. I start the day only at 7 am as I wanted to take it slow today.

But first there is no chance to take it slow/light, because two more mountain tops have to be claimed - my guide says it's the last challenge before Santiago, but I learned to take every day serious. On top of Alto de Pollo and San Roque I take various pictures. At San Roque a Pilgrim/ St James statue is leaning against the wind - this statue must come alive on typical stormy Galicien days, but today it's sunshine pure!

Time goes by so slow up here - it almost feels like Sunday on this Monday:)). It must have been during the last incline that my iPhone fell out of my chest pocket without me noticing it. What follows is a classic: I leave a message on my iPhone declaring it as lost with the home phone number of my mother. The people who found it -4 honest Spanish Pilgrims - call that number and cannot communicate with her due to language. She thinks I am injured and in a hospital, because strange people call from my iPhone....to make a long story short: my mom is ok again and I met the honest finders in Samos - about 10 km from Triacastella.



The last decline into Triacastella is realy steep, but our Spanish hosts maintain the Camino regularly to ensure that pilgrims don't get hurt; they do a great job also with the signage - if you look at it! On

the way down from San Roque I am surprised that the way goes down so much - when a whistling of

2 Spanish guys, whom I passed by 15 minutes ago - from 500 meters higher got my attention to turn
around. I must have gone too fast to catch that turn up there- saved again!

No evening church today: the church remains closed for 1) vacation 2) because it's Monday:))

But since I went to Samos for my iPhone: here is a daily bonus: The Monastary of Samos- one of the oldest in Europe from the 5 th century - as if time stood still here for the past 1500 years.