Chapter 178: The Black Key Etude and the Donkey

Compared with ordinary hiking routes, the pilgrimage road does not have so many Internet celebrity attractions that need to be checked-in, and there is no need to be coaxed by inaccurate GPS, just follow the direction pointed by the road signs and arrows along the way.

Every morning at dawn, the pilgrims emerge from hotels, shelters and campsites, smile and nod to each other, and continue their journey. After they leave the town and residential area quietly and orderly, some will sing songs, some will bury their heads and rush desperately, and some will come to the flat clearing of the wilderness and forest, set up a portable small dining table, and the family will make some breakfast and drink coffee very warmly, until the person who left first has long disappeared, they will slowly pack up their things, talk and laugh and walk forward.

Zhuo Yang and Kou Kou finish breakfast at the hotel every day and wait until most of the people have already set off for a long way before starting a new day of hiking. In the morning, they always walked very slowly, lingering on mountain roads, slopes, dense forests, meadows, and wastelands, constantly posing for the camera to remember. At noon, after eating the road food and resting for a while, I will pick up the pace appropriately and complete the planned mileage for the day.

A pair of happy lovers have been very accustomed to hiking in these ten days of hiking, can allocate physical strength more reasonably, and will make the plan more suitable. After leaving the small town of Pontevedra, Zhuoyang and Coco completed the 60-kilometre journey to Santiago de Compostela in four days, almost the slowest of all hikers.

The pilgrimage ends in Santiago, not in the city of Santiago, but in Cabo de Finisterre, 90 km from Santiago de Compostela. Bordering the Atlantic Ocean, it is the westernmost point of Spain outside of the islands, and is the true end point in the sense of the word.

But today, if they want to be lazy, they can already go home, and their pilgrimage has covered 215 kilometers in 11 days, arriving yesterday at the official destination, the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, where they attended the Mass of the Holy Rites for the pilgrims who arrive every day.

The presiding officer will announce the nationality of each pilgrim according to the nationality on the pass and the starting point of each pilgrim, and pray for each person. Once in the Holy City, if your 'Pilgrimage Pass' shows that you will hike at least 100 km or cycle 200 km along the Pilgrimage Route of Santiago, you can apply for a 'Compostela' certificate at the Pilgrim's Reception and have it notarized here.

Although the pilgrimage in the religious sense has been completed, Choyang and Coco are still unsatisfied, and after a day of stint in Santiago de Compostela yesterday, they decided, like most people, to continue their journey towards Cape Finisterre. They hadn't planned to go just to the Holy City before they started.

The 90 kilometres from the Holy City to Cape Finisterre have no fixed route, and the road to the west is remote, with several hills about 400 metres above sea level. Of course, there are also three Spanish national and provincial highways that connect and most hikers follow the road for the final journey.

Zhuo Yang and Koko did not plan to take the road, but when they attended Mass at the cathedral yesterday, they took off their headscarves and showed their passes, so they could only make their identities public, directly causing onlookers in front of Jesus Christ. Their whereabouts were revealed when they set off in Porto before, and almost everyone knew that they were on this road, but they were hidden properly and not discovered.

All eight pilgrimage routes converged on the final journey, and in order not to bother the last 90 kilometers and to see better scenery, Choyang and Koko decided to follow the sparsely populated mountain trail to Cape Finisterre. Along the way, there will be no more cities, and there will be only three or two small lonely villages to replenish and rest along the way. They had enough food and water for the march and planned to cover the road in four days, which was in line with the original plan, and the two of them would sleep in the wilderness for four days.

After a 10-kilometer trek from the holy city in the morning, through the small village of Carvalho, Zhuo Yang and Kokou entered a densely forested section of the mountain that was largely uninhabited. Spain is not like China, where mobile phone signals are almost insecure, and mobile phones are electronic watches outside the city, and the two of them are as if they are isolated from the world.

Despite choosing a remote path, it was not without others, and Zhuo Yang even met acquaintances on this road. In the morning they walked slowly, and heard the sound of a bell behind them in the distance, and they waited curiously, and after a while they caught up with a man and a donkey from behind.

Seeing the donkey, Zhuo Yang was very surprised, but when he saw the person, Zhuo Yang smiled happily. Judy Yaulage, a top student at the Conservatoire Supérieure de la Conservatoire de Barcelona, walked towards the two of them in the morning light like a blooming red cuckoo.

Born in San Sebastian, Spain, near France, Judy Yaulaj is the same age as Zhuo Yang, she learned to play the piano at the age of 3 and held her own recital in her hometown at the age of 11. The person that Judi Yaulaj admired the most was Alicia de La Rocha, so she went to the Bayin Academy three years ago to further her studies, and became a student of Grandma La Rocha, known as 'La Rocha's Closed Disciple'.

Judi Yauraj's status in Bayin Academy is like Zhuo Yang's position in Hanyin University, and he is second to none among the students.

"Yikes! Teacher Zhuo, Your Royal Highness the Princess, it's really you! Judy was a very cheerful girl, and when she saw the two of them, she jumped up and ran up to say goodbye.

Judy also took advantage of her vacation to embark on a long-admired pilgrimage, which she conveniently departed from her home, as San Sebastian was on the way to the popular Northern Way. The Northern Route starts in the French border city of Hendaye, passes through San Sebastian, Bilbao and Gijón in Spain, and finally reaches the holy city of Santiago, a distance of nearly 900 kilometers.

Although Judy did not walk the whole way, she has also walked nearly 700 kilometers from her home, and it has been a month on the road. And Zhuo Yang and Koko set off from Porto for only 300 kilometers, and Xiao Nizi not only plays the piano well, but also has a very strong physical fitness.

"Judy, your companion is special!" Zhuo Yang was very interested in this pure black little donkey, and it looked so festive when paired with Judy, who was dressed in a fiery red body. "What's its name?"

“No.5!” Judy was even more joyful: "Chopin's Fifth Etude." ”

"Hahaha......" Zhuo Yang was overjoyed when he heard it. Chopin's Etude No. 5 (Etude Op. 10 No. 5), also known as the 'Etude with black keys', is the most famous black key etude in classical music. This piece appeared in the first stanza of Jay Chou's film "The Unspeakable Secret" in which he fought the piano with his classmates, the last two being "Chopin's Waltz in C sharp minor" and "Wild Bees Flying" by Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.

Zhuo Yang also composed a 'black key exercise' about two years ago, in his collection of eight etudes. Originally, Zhuo Yang's 'Black Key Exercise' was the fifth piece of music, but it was to avoid suspicion of Chopin's Etude Op. 5. At the suggestion of Professor Norman, Zhuo Yang combined it with 'A major. The Boy Who Kicked the Ball 'made a reversal of the order, numbered Op.7 No.4. Moss flowers are as small as rice, and they also learn to bloom peonies, which is difficult to compare with masters, but they are also quite good.

No.5 worked hard and was full of Judy's luggage, and it looked like he was moving. So Judy was so happy that she didn't have to take anything but a walking stick.

"Fifth brother, it's a pleasure to see you." Zhuo Yang and Kou Kou greeted the little black donkey with great interest.