Royal Monastery of Samos

26 April

We walked through the Galician mists today, to the magnificent monastery of Samos.

While we were enjoying our second breakfast, who should come ’round the corner but my NZ buddy Eamon! Lunched in Triacastela and convinced him to accompany us to Samos. He was not disappointed.

Galicia seems like home – almost a faerie-tale country – and the first view of Samos from the overlooking hill took my breath away.

I toured the monastery with Eamon and Radek. In the evening, we all attended chanted vespers and Mass. A moving and uplifting experience, even if I understood more of the Latin than the Spanish.