Heading Toward Galicia
2016年10月4日, スペイン ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Left the Castilla region and started heading into Galicia. Beautiful! Pictures can't come close to what I've actally been seeing, but I'll post some of them nonetheless.
Oct 2: Ponferrada toもっと詳しく
Villafranca to O'Cebreiro
2016年10月4日, スペイン ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Mon, Oct 3, 30 km
This day was pretty tough - long and very uphill the final 10 km. We officially left the Castillo region and came into Galicia today. Things are starting to green up!
Pic #1もっと詳しく
More Scenery Coming into O'Cebreiro
2016年10月4日, スペイン ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Pic #2 leading the cows through town to pasture
Pic #3 another marker along the route with many well wishes; stopped and left another stone for Ms Jamie
Pic #4 another sweet Camino critter
Dinner, Sky & Sunset
2016年10月4日, スペイン ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Tues, Oct 4 in O'Cebreiro
Pics #1-2 modern day pilgrims don't lack for much out here in the way of food; pic 1 is the first course, ensalada mixta (there are usually 4-5 options to choose from) & picもっと詳しく
旅行者The food looks amazing!! I'm so confused, though. How does your family start at the same place, end at the same place, but not walk together. Seems like you'd all be on the same path. Guess I'll just have to keep pondering this. 😉
C. WhettenRight, Connie, everyone is on the same path, and they must have agreed on where to meet at the end of the day, but some folks move faster than others at different times of the day.
O'Cebreiro to Triacastela
2016年10月4日, スペイン ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Tues, Oct 4: a good walk (21.3 km) going both up and downhill into Triacastela. Unbelievable sunrise today!!!
On the Road to & intoTricastela
2016年10月4日, スペイン ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Pic #1 local dog doing an excellent job of begging
Pic #2 Doggie Pilgrims
Pic #3 youngin's napping in late morning sun
Hi, Kathy. Been following your trek and enjoying your photos. Looks like you're in the home stretch. Hang in there! Tom Hogan.
C. WhettenA month ago this morning, we were watching for our backpacks coming off the plane in Biarritz. You've gone a long ways sense then. You've met a lot of fun people and probably a few that are not so nice. You've had a lot of great experiences and a few that were not so fun, like watching your hiking pole drop into the river. Thanks for sharing your friendship and experiences on the trail (good and bad) with us.
Hi Kathy - I've been thinking about you - just took a few minutes to look through some of your pictures. It looks like this trip has has probably been all you hoped for - I can see you have experienced many beautiful places and many smiling faces. You will carry these memories in your heart forever. SallyK.
Wow . . . catching up!
2016年10月15日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌙 2 °C
The final 5 days into Santiago went quickly and the days following that have flown by even faster. Back in the states now, visiting a friend on the east coast so I'm hoping to catch up on the blog aもっと詳しく
Tricastela to Barbadelo
2016年10月15日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌙 2 °C
Day 29, Oct 5; 26k day
The Gaicia region is so much greener and parts of it even remind me of Portland. Coming into fall, the morning light isn't really present until after 8am or even 8:30am, butもっと詳しく
Day 29 Continued
2016年10月16日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
In late morning I came across a very sweet and fantastic "Donativo" spot where they offered fruits, hard boiled eggs and other treats such as coffee, hot chocolate and tea for whatever amount youもっと詳しく
Day 29, More Scenery Along the Way
2016年10月17日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Pic #1 crazy spider webs; there are quite a few of these along the way now, but never a spider sighting . . . where & what are these arachnids?
Pic #2 Passing through the city of Sarria, there was aもっと詳しく
Barbadelo to Hospital
2016年10月17日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Day 30, Oct 6
30+ km
This was a loooong day as I strolled along with 2 pals Antonio & Adrian (I think of them as The A Team), stopping for some leisurely breaks and food along the way. We didn'tもっと詳しく
Day 30 Continued
2016年10月17日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Pic #1 chestnut tree
Pic #2 I found a catio in Spain!
Pic #5 at the 100k marker
Day 30, More Pics
2016年10月17日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Pic #2 handsome beast perched on a wall
Pic #3 this soda was consumed on our final break this day, about 4k from our destination; orange soda never tasted so good
Pic #4 Antonio saying hello to aもっと詳しく
Hospital to Melide
2016年10月17日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Day 31, Oct 7
28km
Pic #1 Spider forrest!!
Pic #2 I'd been thinking of Halloween & enjoyed seeing these big, more familiar spider webs
Pics #3-4 farmers market in town of Palas De Rei
Pulpo Feast in Melide
2016年10月17日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Oct 7
This region is known for it's delicious octopus (pulpo). It is lightly boiled, then seasoned and grilled, and was indeed very tasty. We had quite a feast!
(Craig Burley, check out thoseもっと詳しく
Melide to O Burgo
2016年10月21日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Day 32, Oct 8
33km
20.5 miles, my longest day! Whew. More beautiful scenery and critters. Tomorrow we're scheduled to reach our destination, Santiago. Can't believe it's gone so quickly.
Horreos (accent over first o)
2016年10月21日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌧 19 °C
Been seeing many of these the past week. Horreos were/are used for storing harvested crops and grains. Many of them have looked unused, but there have been a couple that appear to be storing corn.
Day 33, Santiago de Compostela
2016年10月21日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌧 19 °C
Oct 9
20km
A lovely walk this morning. The whole "family" stuck together for the entire walk so we could all arrive together. Bittersweet, of course. Glad to reach the destination, but very sad toもっと詳しく
Pilgrim No More
2016年10月21日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌧 19 °C
I found a beautiful boutique hotel to splurge on (€60 per night) just off of the plaza and had a long soak in the bath. I also wasted no time in finding a place to get a pedicure. Transition fromもっと詳しく
Day 2 in Santiago
2016年10月21日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌧 20 °C
Oct 10
Although I was technically no longer a pilgrim, I still had a final pilgrim meal with the family. Pic #2 was my first course, seafood chowder. Second course was salad and a beautiful cut ofもっと詳しく
Finisterre, The End of the World
2016年10月21日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌧 20 °C
Oct 11
Back in the day, explorers believed this was where the land ended on the west coast. Many pilgrims continue to walk from Santiago to reach this point, typically taking 3 days to do so.
I, noもっと詳しく
Finiaterre, Day 2
2016年10月21日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌧 20 °C
Oct 12
My second night in town, I walked a final 3 km to the 0 km mark - the lighthouse at the "end of the world". A gorgeous walk and the amazing experience of watching the sun go down over theもっと詳しく
Sunset/Moonrise in Finisterre
2016年10月21日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌧 20 °C
Kind of hard to see the near full moon in Pic #4, but it's there on the left.
Pic #5 the 0 km marker
C. Whetten
What a classic picture: the 0.00 km marker, the shell symbol, the ocean and the rainbow all together. Great shot!
Dear Kathy Thank you for sending me this site. I lived every moment of your pilgrimage in my heart. What a blessing to have been able to take this journey. I sense Michael was with you every step you took. He treasured your friendship so very much, luv Carole
Kathy ThielenI couldn't believe what a beautiful day/evening it was! It truly felt magical.
Vanetta Abdellatif
Rooster shirt. 😂