Fisterre, the beach, and Charlie

Fisterre is a town that is a goal for different pilgrims. It is a three day walk from Santiago and there are plenty of people who kept on walking from Santiago and finished here. It is a decent sized town which has a feel like Seaside, OR. Lots of little shops. After getting our room at 'Albergue Por Fin' we found a cafe that was run by a German couple. Outside it said "We Speak English!" It is funny because that is a draw for us. We have Doug, who is fluent in Spanish and that helps a lot, but it totally makes it easier on everyone if they speak English. We are so used to eggs and ham that nobody wants to eat it anymore. Everything has ham in it. Even hamburgers are made with a mix of beef and ham. The menu at this cafe had four different pasta options and everyone ordered pasta. It was so good!

Being a beach town, we asked our waitress for the best beach around. She directed us to one of the prettiest beaches I've ever seen. It was a pretty calm beach with a cove that had a ton of tide pools. It reminded me of my fifth grade trip to the Pacific to look at tide pools. The water was way too cold for everyone to get in, but the rocks blocked enough of the wind for it to be perfect just laying out. We ended up staying at one place for about three hours. And the only reason we left was because we wanted dinner. 

When I describe the actual city, it might sound gross but there are a lot of dogs that just roam the streets. The dogs are mostly small dogs, but there was one big dog. We think he was a Border Collie and German Shepherd mix. We decided to name him Charlie. When we were at lunch, Charlie came by and just layed down by us and started relaxing. When we left to head back to the Albergue, he lead the way and even went into our place before we did. How would he know that? He got shooed out of the Albergue and we didn't see him for awhile. About an hour into us hanging out at the beach, here comes Charlie running down the beach to us. He ended up staying the rest of the time with us and taking a nap at my feet! We thought we had seen the last of him until we came back from watching the sunset when the five students went to go get a bite to eat. Everything was closed except a few diners and we were about twenty minutes into our meals when Charlie sprinted into the diner and hid under our table. I can't explain it but it was an awesome thing to experience. It was like he was our dog!!!