Day 31: Ponferrada - Villafranca del Bierzo (5/1/14)

Turns out I was right about the days following Cruz de Ferro being anticlimactic.

There was a lasting emotional mutedness to the days - 

and it felt like I was 'just walking'.

The overwhelming physical and emotional pain that had been present for so long had dissipated -

and, in its place was ... nothing.

I was spent -

and even taking pictures was an effort.

To add insult to injury, it was May Day -

yet one more day when most stores were shut down-

doors nicely decorated with flowers, but locked up tight.

 Over one month in -

and I had obviously moved into a whole new phase of my Camino

177 K still to go.

Good grief.