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Isobel Cunningham has published short fiction and poetry. Her book, Northern Compass is available on Amazon. She was born in Wales but Montreal is her adopted home. She speaks French, Modern Greek ( it’s a fun story) and a little Spanish…oh, English too, of course. She welcomes comments on her blog and looks forward to chatting with you over cyber-space.

Aaaand I’m done!

Me and Anna

At the goodbye/ hello party for the change of hospitaleras after 15 days.

Anna’s famous “ chocolate salami”

No more cleaning! Mopping! Communicating in a strange mixture of languages and pantomime! Presently sitting in a very noisy cafe drinking cafe su lait and NOT eating a churro…, fried pastry that people dip into various morning drinks. I’m a brave woman , but not that brave!

No charge for the fried dough!

This evening my friends will arrive and we will have to decide about walking the notorious Camino Invierno in very muddy conditions.

An American from Wisconsin arrived very late last night, hammered on the door until Anna and I went down( where were the four men in the building, I wonder?) turns out he is of Turkish Cypriot heritage. We had a good chat about Byzantium and today I will say goodbye to a mild and pleasant man from Bristol.

Off to the museum I go since the cloudburst had passed. The level of noise in this cafe allows me to sing happily to myself. Sometimes deafness is a gift

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5 responses to “Aaaand I’m done!”

  1. Masha Avatar
    Masha

    And now, forward ho! Hopefully you will take a little time to catch your breath and rest a bit before starting your trek!

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    1. isobel cunningham Avatar
      isobel cunningham

      Yes We are sleeping 2 nights in Ponferrada…. And must decide if the crazy rain- even snow in the mountains will force us to take the other road for a bit

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      1. Mary Tkachuk Avatar
        Mary Tkachuk

        When you have a chance send me photos of your travelling companions, where they are from and their names! I like to visualize your travel!Sent from my iPad

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  2. georgeshebert Avatar
    georgeshebert

    What a display and what a super picture of you. You look so well and happy. Next time we will go to dinner at your house for a repeat of your and Anna’s spread. Now , on to the next, nest pas? By the way it is snowing today.

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  3. keatingellie Avatar
    keatingellie

    Well dobe

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