After the camino

I'm going to finish the blog of this trip even though I am now back in New Mexico.  I left you hanging several weeks ago because the keyboard on my pad quit.  I'll go back to Santiago to start again with a newly-revived keyboard.  I had arranged a volunteer job for two weeks at an alburgue just east of Pamplona.  I had five days to reach there so I decided to take all five days and do some sightseeing.  My first stop was Lugo, a small city in Galicia.  I had no guidebook so I was going to trust that I would find what I needed.  Lugo is also on a camino, the Camino Primativo, so I would likely find pilgrims.  Lugo also is a walled city.

This wall was built in the late 3rd century (late 200's) by the Romans.  Lugo was a major commercial center on one of the main roads in Iberia.  This wall circled the entire old city and must have been 2 miles (3 kilometers) in length.  The height varied between about 30-40 feet and it was wide enough to have a road on top.

Lugo is a beautiful, friendly city that gave me a very good first impression.   I was standing in a plaza trying to decide where to begin to look for a hotel when a Spanish man asked me if I needed help.  He then directed me to the pilgrim alburgue and my problem was solved.  That was the spirit of the camino.  The Spanish people could be hostile and greedy with so many pilgrims flooding into their towns.  But they remain kind, helpful and appreciative.