As a reward to ourselves for a job well done, we decided to stay in a Parador, which is an upscale hotel here in Santiago and located throughout Spain. Certainly every country has fine hotels but one of the very cool things about these is their history. Ours, El Hostal Reyes Católicos de Santiago de … More Paradores
Right now we are sitting on a bus on our way back from Finisterre, “the End of the Earth”. We’re going back to Santiago to be tourists now and get our Compostella but going out to the Atlantic is something that’s been on my list for this trip. Originally I had thought we might walk … More Santiago
Right now we have just under 40 km to go and at this time tomorrow it will be less than 10. We started a month ago today on April 17th. In some ways the time has just flown by and in others it seems like months have passed since we rode in a cab with … More T-2
Yesterday was kind of a picture perfect day. It started off with an excellent nights sleep at the little farm with the lambs. We each got a solid 8+ hours which for me has been a rarity. The terrain we covered was right off the “Visit Spain” tourist pages. Farm fields with a charming old … More Getting Closer!
Today we walked from Triacastela to Barbadelo, which means that we’ve now entered the more commercial part of the Camino. Apart from getting right with God, the purpose of the Camino for many is getting a Compostella, which occurs in Santiago. You present your “Credencial” which is a Camino Passport (mine is pictured in the … More Compostela
So, we walked 28 km today. Up. The early part, maybe 18 of that 28 was either on or next to a two lane road that wound up through the mountains. On our right side was primarily a rock face, shiny granite dripping with the rain, or fuzzy green shrub cover. To our left was … More A Camino Experience
We walked in the rain today. Pretty much all day. Insofar as rainy days go, it wasn’t so bad because the temperature was reasonably warm and it wasn’t a downpour, just a soggy that lasted all day. I didn’t take too many photos today because each time meant unzipping which somehow usually meant rain running … More Rainy Days
We were up before the sun because we had another long day today. It was a little spooky leaving the little village we were in, as once we got outside the main drag it was inky black. And because of cloud cover we didn’t have moon or stars to guide us. But within 45 minutes … More Cruz de Ferro
I think yesterday was one of my favorite days so far. We walked the furthest we’ve walked at about 32 km and it was hot as blazes but it was just a nice day. We walked through this funny woodsy area that seemed like a giant Christmas Tree Farm, except the trees are more round … More Fun Favorites
We spent the last day and a half in Léon in a quietish hotel catching up on our sleep. It’s a town of about 150K people. It feels a bit strange to be in a big city after spending so much time out in the midst of nowhere. We kept seeing these bridal groups that … More Almost out of the Meseta
