Letters from G and L... part 5.

Hello Everybody.

How are you all? For you people keen on a photo or 2, we will continue to disappoint you as it continues to be impossible as these computers have no usb ports to connect cameras to. Yes, I am going to make a blog but not until we have arrived back in civilization.

We are now in Sarria and approximately 4 days walk from Santiago de Compostella. G is still having a lot of problems with his foot, instep and knee, and progress is extremely slow because of this.

Let me tell you something else that is rather funny up here. When we go to the toilet you can be faced with the very tiny toilet with the timed lighting in it. We enter the toilet and have to squeeze ourselves to the farside of the loo to be able to close the door. You close the door and put one leg to the other side of the toilet and take down your pants, sit down and it usually happens about here that the light goes off. Spanish toilets have no windows, usually no toilet paper and you now are in absolute darkness. With luck the light switch is inside the loo but occasionally the switch is outside near the entrance to the bathroom area. Now you switch it back on or you put your pants back on, turn on the light, race back to the loo, quickly do what you had to do and the light goes off again, you search for the lock and go to the basin to find no soap or towels either.

The shower in Galitia is a push button shower. You push the button, step under the water, water goes off, push the button again, wet your hair, no water again, push button, grab the shampoo, push button, lather shampoo, push button, lather some more, push button, rinse, push button, rinse more, push button, get facewasher, push button apply soap, push button... Anyway, you're getting the idea. Sometimes the water is running down the wall, so you have to lean against the wall to get some water running over you at all. It's still all good.

We are departing to Germany on the 10th april, from then on nothing is planned. We are thinking about going to Turkey for anzac day service at Gallipolli and look at Turkey in general, do not know when we will be in Holland but will let you know before we get there. I know cycling will take a couple of weeks at least but it is a good way to see Holland.

Anyway good to hear from home front. It sounds good but I miss my animals and would like to here about them.

Anyway lots of love from L and G.