Camino Norte, Day 36 => Miraz

Hansel and Gretel walk today on a beautiful path through the forest with the occasional stone country house. 10 miles, 950’ ascent, 750’ descent with no steep sections. Easy day. (Hard day tomorrow)

We met a group from the Philippines walking the Camino for religious reasons. One lady told us that the Camino Portuguese was so life changing for her last year that she decided to come again and do the last 100k of the Norte.

We’ve seen two Spanish ladies in their late 60s/early 70s for the past three weeks but finally had time to talk. One of them said this is her 10th Camino since 2015 and she has done almost every route (for mostly religious and adventure/challenge reasons). She said that we will for sure have tears when we reach the Praza do Obradoiro in front of the Cathedral of Santiago after completing the long hard Camino Norte.

There is absolutely no place to stay in this part of very rural Galicia. The owner of a renovated old country farm house picked us up off the trail and drove 8 miles to her “rural casa” and will take us back to the trail in the morning.Read more