Thursday 6th May 2010 (O Cebreiro to Sarria - total distance walked to date 568.27km)
There was a mistake in our schedule and it resulted in us having to take the bus from O Cebreiro to Sarria today in order to meet Li Leng, Steven and Teddy on time.  The distance by bus was 38km.  There is only one bus everyday for this route so we had to be at the "bus stop" by 6.30am.  It was still dark but we could see thick fog covering the valley below.  It felt as if O Cebreiro was standing above the clouds.  Exactly at 7.00am a little bus came to a half exactly where we were waiting.  There were only Joy and I going to Sarria and an Irish lady going all the way to Santiago de Compostela.  The journey took an hour and fifteen minutes and were were in Sarria's bus station by 8.15am.  Too early to check in, so we left our luggage at the hotel and went for breakfast.  The best breakfast that Joy and I had on this trip (toast, sausages and eggs, toad in a hole for Joy, coffee and tea).  We were treated to a very pleasant surprise when half way through breakfast, in walked Martin (our American/Spanish/Canadian pilgrim friend whom we first met in a restaurant in Los Arcos.  He is quite a character but I eventually warmed up to him.).  We have not seen Martin for almost a week now so it was really nice to see him today.  Always so wonderful to meet up with people you know.  It was a relaxing day for Joy and I.  We walked around Sarria as we were still too early to go to the bus station to meet Li Leng, Steven and Teddy.  Their bus would arrive at 2.15pm and we planned to be there at 1.45pm to surprise them.  We got there at 1.40pm and guess what?  They had arrived an hour earlier and we found them in the bus station's restaurant having lunch.  We were all so pleased to see each other .. big hugs all around!  We chatted, we shared our experiences so far, and they really looked all set and excited for their walk ahead.  We took them to get their Credentials stamped and now they are official pilgrims!  After lunch we went to get our food and water supplies for tomorrow and just walked around a little.  Our highlight today was going to a restaurant called O'Camino LH.  The owner is Jose Luis Munoz Costa.  A professional Chef from Barcelona.  He has done the Camino 12 times and his greatest fete was to complete it in 19 days!!  Isn't that remarkable?  He has written a book on it and he presented an autographed copy to us.  We will need to have it translated into English though.  Dinner was good - I am sure Jose Luis gave us extra portions and of course a good discount.  We are still in awe of his 19-day achievement.  At 30 days we are already feeling like our schedule is just too tight.  Ok, my physio is beckoning me for my nightly session.  I have to go before she falls asleep - she is what we would call in Cantonese "chicken eyes" - in Singlish it simply means "want to sleep must sleep immediately" .. so, from all five of us in Sarria here's goodnight!