FIRST STAGE: SARRIA-PORTOMARÍN

Hi new pilgrims! Are you excited to start the trip? So... let's go!

Today we start our trip with the first step of the French Way, which is the one that goes from the village of Sarria to the village of Portomarín. In these pictures below you can see the route that you'll have to walk and the villages where you could rest. Also you can see the difficulty of the route and the ramp of the way. 

Here, you can watch a video of the route, the villages and the historical monuments that you'll be able to see from Sarria to Portomarín.

After an exhausting stage like this one, you 'll want to rest, won't you?
Here you have the information of the refuge of Sarria where you'll sleep the first night, and after doing this first stage, where you'll sleep in Portomarín.


We hope you to enjoy this exciting first stage of your trip. 

STAMPS
Where can you get the credential of pilgrim from the Santiago´s way?
-Associations of friends from the Santiago´s way.
-To present DNI/passport.
How can you use it?
certify where and when you start and how
Seal it in churches, town halls and hostels. (sometimes you can pay something if you want)
If you don´t have it you can´t get the Compostela

EQUIPMENT
-Bag
-Trainers
-River shoes
-Short tracksuit trousers
-Long tracksuit trousers
-T-shirts with long and short sleeves.
-Cup
-Suncream
-Sunglasses
-Towels
-Shampoo and gel
-Toothbroosh
-Underwear
-Dressing case
-Sleeping bag
-Flashlight
-Camera
-Sticks to walk
-Boots (but better trainers)
-Credential of pilgrim
-Bottle of water
-Tape for blisters
-Socks
-Insect repellent
-Polar
-Kit of rescue

ADVICES
-Work out before you go there: climbing stairs, go walking to school...
-Walk progressively until you could do it with the equipment.
-Climb mountains similars to the Santiago´s way.
-Strengthen your heart and muscles to do the Santiago´s way.

DURING
-Before starting walking  prepare your body to avoid injuries.
-Keep walking with the same rythm but not too fast.
-Drink water.
-Eat good
-Keep a good posture while you are walking.
-Don´t bring anything in your hands.
-You can bring sticks to help you while you are walking (optional)

CURIOSITIES
-A pilgrim was carrying a bag of El Corte Inglés as a rucksack
-Awoman from Roncesvalles carries flowers for his husband who died four years before in the hostel of Mélide.
-Words of "welcome" which are said by young people in the gate of arriving : "Por fin llegaste hijo puta"
-A nun was wrong and entered in the man´s bathroom and saw a nude man.
-A chinese was full of cow shit because he stayed back the cow.

WE HOPE YOU LIKE IT AND PREPARE GOOD FOR THE WAY. NICE TRIP :)
CARMEN, ANDREA AND MARIA.