When I did my research for our trip, I checked on weather.com what the temperatures were supposed to be like in September for various cities along the Camino. It said that it would be between the mid 50's and the mid 70's. However, the first 2 weeks, the temperature was in the 90's (some people said it even got into the upper 90's). And today and tomorrow, the low is in the mid 40's. When we left this morning a little after 8am, it was around 47 degrees, which makes our metal hiking poles feel very cold in our hands. Linda was smart enough to buy gloves back in Astorga, when it first started to get cool. I, however, have resorted to just sticking my hands up inside my jacket and holding the hiking sticks through the sleeves. The first picture is of the fog envoloping a bridge we crossed as we left Portomarin. The fog didn't lift until around 9am, when we got to higher altitudes. However, later in the day, the weather was great for hiking, with a high in the upper 60's. So by 11am, we both were down to shorts and a short sleeved shirt, and it felt wonderful (which is good, because we did roughly 29.5 km in total today).
The second and third pictures are of a detour we took today to see the church that acted as the "home base" for the Knights of Santiago, a group that helped protect and defend pilgrims for over 600 years (starting in the 1200's and going until the 1800's, per the guide at the church). The first picture is of some of the sepulchres used for the knights who were buried underneath the floor of this church. The second picture is of murals that were drawn back in the 1400's in the altar area of the church. The church is a national monument in Spain. It's 2.3 km off the Camino, and we definitely thought it was worth the extra 4.6 km to go out and back to see this special place.
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