So, here we are, one week into our hike. The pain in our feet has finally begun to subside, or so it seems.

The last two days of walking have been great. The mountains were a little bit smaller and the clouds have kept the sun from burning us too badly.

We ran into our American friends again, one of them has decided to stay until July 5th to get as much of the Camino done as possible. We ate dinner with them last night, where I had the joy of discovering that ¨pasta italiana¨actually means pasta with fish sauce on it. All in all it was a very entertaining dinner filled with talk about different movies and Nathaniel and Zach (from NC) throwing in how hot they think Brad Pitt is.

We have become pretty attached to the other pilgrims here. Everyday as we arrive we wait for the others to come, or they wait for us, and then we all look a little happier to see the, now, familiar faces.

I was rather surprised yesterday when Nathaniel walked out of the bathroom and asked me if i had ever wanted to pee standing up. This was only explained when i walked into the bathroom to find that instead of a toilet there was a very nice hole in the ground. Otherwise though, the place was very nice- it had large wooden beams across the ceiling in the room where we slept, as well as sheets covered with moons and stars.

Everyone should be very happy to find out that I am nearly done with the first Harry Potter book, and it has indeed been a good read.

I would have to say that being attacked by water balloons has been one of the highlights of the trip, but since Nathaniel has already described the event in great detail, I will leave you with only one piece of advice: Do not run at a bunch of kids unless you have some balloons of your own to throw at them.

Well, I think that´s all for now. The hostel we are staying at tonight is very nice. THere was fresh fruit waiting for us when we arrived and very friendly volunteers welcomed us.

I hope everyone is having a great summer.

peace
Christina