SpainSanta Marina del Rey42°27’43” N 5°50’5” W
July 18 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
The walk into and out of Leon is famously ugly (thanks, urban sprawl!) and we couldn’t get a reservation at the town before this one, so we were looking at a 31 km walk today. Since that’s wellRead more
SpainLeón42°35’56” N 5°34’3” W
July 18 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
The meseta will soon be ending and the climbing begins. Lots of people hate on the meseta, but we've enjoyed it.
Today's new words:
Chupachup - lollipop in Spain
Cachopo - Similar to a cordon bleu,Read more
SpainLeón42°35’57” N 5°34’2” W July 17 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
We woke up without an alarm and had café con leche with croissants by the cathedral that we then toured.
This cathedral was my favorite so far as it was more complete and less chopped up intoRead more
SpainMansilla Mayor42°31’38” N 5°26’20” W July 16 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
It took two breakfasts and a first lunch, but we made it. The first coffee was at a pseudo café/shop in someone's backyard; the coffee was from a pod machine and it came with half a donut. The secondRead more
SpainMansilla de las Mulas42°29’57” N 5°25’0” W July 15 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 26 °C
It’s almost 10:30 PM here. I should be trying to sleep, but I’m captivated by the view out our bedroom window: the last rays of sunset are playing off the 12th century church bell tower while theRead more
SpainEl Burgo Ranero42°25’30” N 5°13’31” W
July 15 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
The day began with us waiting for our albergue's bar to open for a café. It was late in opening but fortunately the bar next door opened so we went there. They had excellent Napoleon's, which wereRead more
SpainSahagún42°22’8” N 5°2’9” W July 14 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Church bells ringing every quarter hour throughout the night made for a long restless night. We reheated some cold coffee left out by our hosts and embarked on our 10 km walk to real coffee. We had aRead more
SpainSahagún42°22’14” N 5°1’58” W July 13 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Today was a lovely, lazy day. We only had to do about 16 km/9.9 miles and the weather was nice and mild, so we slept in a little bit so we could grab a quick café con Leche from our albergue’s barRead more
SpainLedigos42°21’17” N 4°51’57” W July 13 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
We enjoyed a full night's rest thanks to a 6pm dinner at the albergue and only a 17 km walk today. We drank a café con leche at 6:30am as the albergue bar opened and then departed with a CaminoRead more
SpainCarrión de los Condes42°20’13” N 4°35’53” W
July 12 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Carrion de Los Condes to Ledigos
As we end our third week on the Camino, we reached the halfway point both in terms of time and distance (about 400 km done). It was another 4 am wake up to beat theRead more
Congrats, sounds like you’ve made it two thirds through your Camino! [Rosanne]