![\"20131106-174218.jpg\"](\"http:\/\/www.theboaks.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/20131106-174218.jpg\")
<\/a>\nWe then went into the Iglesia de Santa Mar\u00eda la Real. In the 1960’s an ancient church was found and in the 1990’s it was restored. Only a few things are original, including the baptismal font. <\/p>\n
We then started to walk up and down the hills at the top of the mountain. Gorgeous views when we were below the clouds and it got better as the day went on. <\/p>\n<\/a>
\nHere are other shots in the church and around it. <\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nThere was also a bust of Don Elias Vali\u00f1a, a priest and scholar whose 1985 book was the first modern Camino guide. He is considered the father of the modern Camino. He is also responsible for the km markers throughout Galicia. <\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nIn O Cebreiro their is also a reconstructed Palloza, the way people would have lived in early mountainous Galicia. It would have a thatched roof, two rooms, one for people and one for animals and a single entrance. <\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nWe stopped for lunch (bocadillo de jam\u00f3n y queso with cerveza) in Li\u00f1ares and then went over Alto de San Roque <\/p>\n<\/a>
\nMore ups and downs and we arrived in Hospital de la Condesa and had tea and coffee. We were now around 1200 m ASL and we plugged ahead. The views were getting better. <\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nWe were quite exhausted and only around 1260 m when we got to San Oxan (St. John in Galega) church. The cross at the top had a bird and a fox. I am not sure if the significance <\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nThe next 70 m vertically were very steep but we reached the Alto de Poio. <\/p>\n