Day 80 - Santiago - October 4

Day 80 -  Santiago - October 4

Today and tomorrow are transition/rest days. I have decided to go to Cordoba and Seville before I come home. I feel the need of some flamenco dancing and sunshine. It's supposed to be in the mid 80s there this next week. Today I bought train tickets and made hotel reservations. Tomorrow I do laundry, get my stuff sorted out to go and pack up. 

I'm wondering if the government shut down are there air traffic controllers, custom officials and border guards or do I just have to float around the world until everyone gets back to work. Don't know, don't care right now. Don't really need to worry about it for twelve days. 

I located a meeting and went to the location. There was a placard on the wall that told me I was in the right place, but no one was there. This is the second time in twenty nine years this has happened to me. Once was many years ago when John and I were outside Sequoia National Park. Fortunately I wasn't in desperate need either time. It does remind me of the importance of keeping the doors open and the lights on.

 So I spent the whole day getting myself organized. I got up, had breakfast, took a shower, and put on the last of my clean clothes. I had a leisurely breakfast where I met a German man named Ryan who had walked from Burgos to Finisterre. He is a software guy. After breakfast I gathered all my dirty clothes and took them to the Consigna to have them washed and dried. They said they would be ready at 8:45pm. The other day when I checked my back pack they told me they closed at 10pm. So I figures I needed to be there between between 8:45pm and 10pm. So I went back to the Monk House and start going through my back pack and suitcase. I put the stuff I wouldn't be using for the rest of my trip into the back pack and the rest into the suitcase.  Then I through out a bunch of stuff that wasn't worth hauling around. 

After all this was done I put some more color on my hair and then walked to the Yoigo store to put a little more money on my phone. Them I went back to my room and read for a while. Daniel came by about 8pm and we went to find some place to eat. We had a yummy dinner and about 9:30pm headed to the Consigna to get my laundry. The Consigna was closed up tighter than a clam. Apparently they don't stay open until 10pm on Fridays. The problem is they don't open until at least 9am and my train leaves at 9am. So, suppose I won't be on it. Oh well, another adventure in the life of the traveler. I was so organized and ready to come home from dinner, put my clothes in my suitcase, close it and be already to go tomorrow. I guess God has other plans. 

So tomorrow I will get up, have breakfast and see if I can get another train to Madrid and another train from Madrid to Cordoba, or may the next day. We'll see. Wish me luck. I'm going to read and sleep.