Day 0 Pamplona

After a plane, bus, train and a short walk I arrived in Pamplona. Met a friendly couple from Calgary at the albergue and after a few tapas and a vino tinto it's an early night for me.
Day 1 Puente la Reina

Well it was supposed to be a 24km day that turned into 30...still not sure what happened but I guess I got thrown into the water on day 1, sink or swim.
After the up and down of Alto de Perdon I tookLue lisää
Day 2 Estella

The day started with a nice climb in the rain but then it stopped and had a nice 24km walk to Estella. Mostly French nationals today on the path with nice conversations all mentioning my niceLue lisää
Day 3 Torres del Rio

A 30km day (as planned) and I am feeling the burn 🔥 Seems the sunshine brought out everyone, even some Americans. Nice to have people not refer to me as Celine Dion (jerks).
I don't know whereLue lisää
Day 4 Logrono

Got in to Logrono at 12:30 after 20km but the albergue only opens at 2pm😏. Going to see if I can leave my pack and find out what all the drumming in town is about. Ok so they're celebrating theLue lisää
Day 5 Najera

So the Tapas Run is every night 60 specialized Tapas shops open for everyone to enjoy. It's 2 blocks and packed.
A 29km day took me 7 hours. Pretty quick because I had a great conversation with a NewLue lisää
Day 6 Santo Domingo de la Calzada

An easy 22km day. Met up with Winston and Angela who are continuing a bit further. Maybe the last time I see them but that's the Camino. You meet people for awhile then they're gone😏. There are soLue lisää
Day 7 Espinosa del Camino

After a 31km day I am staying with the local German cat lady. I think there are 10-15 cats running around and she's following me around with a cleaning cloth. I hope she's just the cat lady and notLue lisää
Day 8 Atapuerca

So this village is where the oldest human remains have been found. There is still a dig going on and we visited the exposition that displays everything last year in Burgos.
Today was a 22km day whereLue lisää
Day 9 Burgos/Leon

Short 17km walk to the train station. No earlier trains so had to wait 4 hrs at the station but it's all good. An hour and a half train ride and boom💥 I just gained 7 days. Not bad for 15e andLue lisää
Day 10 Villar de Mazarife

A 22km drizzley day so still needed to wear the poncho. I took a different route from last year, it was pretty nice, not too much road. Staying at a real old fashion albergue today. No washing todayLue lisää
Day 11-12 Astorga

A very long 32km day. At least tomorrow is a rest day. Met Sonny and Lucien at the albergue and we ended up walking together and having a wonderful day. Even ended going for a traditional SpanishLue lisää
Day 13 Foncebadon

What a 28km day. Left Astorga and took an alternate route. Arrived in a lovely old village where a native mountain tribe people are. The meal I had 2 days ago is their tradition. And it's a UnesecoLue lisää
Day 14 Molinaseca

The 21km day with the dreaded shale stone descent into Molinaseca that never happened.
Day started in Foncebadon with just little flurries that didn't even need the poncho. I started ascending to CruzLue lisää
Day 15 Cacabelos

A sleep deprived 23km today. Lots of snorers last night Ponferrada was as beautiful as I remembered it. The rest of the way, not too interesting but at least it was dry and a bit warmer. All is good
Day 16 Las Herrerias

A 30km day started out dizzily and the alternate route I took was so beautiful. Walking through those vineyards is really a privilege 🥰. I wanted to take the second alternate through the mountainsLue lisää
Day 17 Triacastela

Ya so not enjoying this one. After a good 5km of climbing then 15km of blizzard conditions I gave up! It was almost 2pm, soaked to the bone, difficult to find the path so I stopped at a cafe and askedLue lisää
Day 18 Sarria

Ah the world is back to normal.. Dang what was that yesterday? Crazy! Today only an 18km dry walk cause I'm meeting up with Lucian and Sonny later. Most of the day was in the muddy woods with alot ofLue lisää
Day 19 Portomarin

A 23km day and so far walked 421km. I think I have about 200km to go
I walked some of the day in the poncho but it was mostly dry. The beginning of the day was quite busy as a whole bunch of newLue lisää
Day 20 San Xulian del Camino

30km day brought me to San Xulian, pop 14.
It was a beautiful sunny warm day that everyone was talking about. Tomorrow only 11 km to walk before taking the bus to Santiago.
Day 21 Santiago de Compostela

Still a 15 km walk and I really had to hustle to catch the 9:50 am bus because the next one was at 4pm. Of course I arrive 15min early all sweaty from almost running and he was 30 minutes late. AhLue lisää
It swung!

Pilgrim Mass tonight with the Bishop 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰😁😁
Day 22 Negreira

A 23km day with an expected big climb...oof! This part of Spain is really different. No abandoned villages with houses falling down. It's almost like the suburbs of Santiago but in the country. It'sLue lisää
Day 23 Lago

A 29km dry day brought me to Lago and this beautiful and only albergue in this dairy town. Actually the whole day today was walking through dairy farm after dairy farm. Man they have cows here! ALue lisää
Day 24 Cee

A 25km sunny day brought me to the beach! Seems we've left dairy country and just gone for a walk in the country. I think I passed only 2 villages and again no services and then this lovely neverLue lisää
Enjoy the journey begins, have a nice, safe, dry walk [John]
Matkaaja😁