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Day 41 - Camino Francés: Rest Day in Sarria · WCBH

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  Day 41, we're on a rest day in Saria. I'm with Chan. Chan's eight years old
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  and is also walking the Camino.
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  Chan, you've got six days to go, so very soon we will finish the Camino.
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  Are you feeling pretty proud of yourself? Yes, very proud of myself because
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  I've completed nearly all of it.
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  Six kilometres to go and 115 left.
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  115 kilometres to go out of a 790 kilometre journey.
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  At the beginning did you find it really hard? Really hard, especially volcanoes through Roncesvalles.
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  And has it got harder or has it got easier along the way? Easier but colder.
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  It's got colder. But I really like the cold but in the afternoons, if you go,
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  when it ticks over, over to, what would you say, when it gets really,
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  really hot? Oh, in the afternoon? Yeah.
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  You get really hot and sweaty.
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  You just want to have a nice shower, cold, if it's cold or not.
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  Or something cold to drink.
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  What do you like to drink that's cold here? Aquarius and Cass.
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  Aquarius and Cass, and they're like sports drinks, are they?
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  Yeah, but also hydration.
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  Hydration drinks. And cooling down drinks. Okay. It must be pretty important to drink lots of water?
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  Yes, very important, especially fruit because that will also power you through.
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  Okay. So when you finish, do you get awarded anything?
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  Yes, a Compostela. What is a Compostela? A Compostela is a special certificate
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  you get at Santiago de Compostela.
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  And to prove to the people that you've walked all the way, what do you give them?
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  Your credential with all your stamps you collected from St.
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  Jean-Pierre de Porte to Santiago de Compostela. Okay, how do you get these stamps?
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  You can go to churches and cathedrals and bars, restaurants, cafes.
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  Accommodation? Yes, accommodations, but rest days and, well,
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  apartments you don't really get.
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  Okay, so you collect stamps all the way, you hand it in at the end,
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  and then you get your certificate, your compost, Stella.
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  You must have eaten some pretty yummy food on the Camino. Um,
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  yes, bocadillos, what else?
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  Oh, yes, and tortilla.
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  What's a tortilla? A tortilla is like an omelet, it's shaped as a triangle,
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  and it mostly has potato, egg, onion, and what else?
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  Egg, potato, onion, and then you can get it with some other things,
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  like you might get ham or sausage or spinach or something like that,
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  but normally it's just potato, egg, and a little bit of onion. Yes.
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  You've been studying while we've been here. What are some of the things you've been learning?
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  Tarnstad was writing numerals and I used to a bit of division.
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  Yes, and division. And you've been writing your journal as well? Not very much.
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  You should be writing more, shouldn't you? No. And you've been reading your Kindle a fair amount?
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  Yes. I've been reading Chronicles of Narnia and I've been reading...
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  No, no, that's... Do I have a wibby kid?
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  Yes, dogman. No, not really dogman now.
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  And, um... Emily Rotter? Emily Rotter.
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  Rowan. What's it called? Rowan of Wren.
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  Okay. Oh, that sounds pretty good. So you've been practicing your times tables.
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  I'm going to test you on some now.
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  Ready? No. Three times five?
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  Fifteen. Six times ten? Six times ten, sixty.
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  Nine times nine? Eighty-one. If it was 2100, what would be the time in AM, PM time?
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  Twenty-nine hundred. Twenty-one hundred. Oh, 2100, that would be nine.
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  Nine o'clock what? Nine o'clock PM. Okay.
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  If it was 1500, what would be the time?
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  Three o'clock PM. Okay.
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  The Roman numerals CXI. CXI would be CXI 111.
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  Okay, very good. The Roman numeral XLII.
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  XLIII 43. Very good. Okay, so you've been doing a good job.
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  Once we get across the finish line, 790 kilometres. And then we've got to do 12 more for city to surf.
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  And then we've got to do 12 more for city to surf. Oh, that's later in the year.
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  How are you going to celebrate when we get across the line?
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  I might get a lollipop, one lollipop or a collar count one.
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  Have some souvenirs as well? Yes, and some souvenirs. Maybe a haircut? No.
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  I like wang-bang hair. Have you seen any other kids out on the Camino?
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  Yes. I saw a whole group yesterday and I was really excited.
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  So what did you do with them? I played and talked and talked and talked and
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  then played and played and played
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  and played. So they're from Australia as well? No. Where are they from?
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  Pamplona. Where's that? That's in Spain.
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  Did we visit Pamplona? Yes, that was our first rest day.
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  St. John was kind of a rest day. What's Pamploma famous for?
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  Running of the bulls. Okay. Oh, very good.
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  And what are some of the important things to remember when you're out walking on the Camino?
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  When you go down mountains, what way is stepping, because you could roll your ankle.
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  You don't want that happening because that would end the Camino for you.
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  Roadside walking, watch where the cars are. Yes. They go crazy.
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  They don't even stay in our lanes. Mm-hmm.
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  And with bushwalks, you're pretty much fine. But drink lots of water.
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  Yeah, because the sun, you can get hot and the sun can shine on too.
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  So on the biggest day, how many steps did you walk?
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  About close to 45,000. And on average, how many steps you've been walking?
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  12,000. So that's pretty good. So an average day is around about 20 kilometres,
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  and that biggest day must have been 25 kilometres.
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  All right, so you're pretty happy that you got to come on this big adventure
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  to walk the Camino? Yes. The Camino.