Days 28-29: Rest days in León
October 11, 2025 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 64 °F
Having a couple of rest days in León gave me the opportunity to get some things done. I’ve been looking for gaiters in the bigger towns, but I’ve had no luck. I have to stop every hour or so toRead more
Day 30: León to Hospital de Orbigo…
October 12, 2025 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 50 °F
…via taxi to Chozas de Abejo about 15 km outside of León, where I started the 20 km walk to Hospital de Orbigo. Today’s walk was really nice, not too cold in the morning and not too hot in theRead more
Day 31: Hospital de Orbigo to Astorga
October 13, 2025 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F
I didn’t wake up until 7:15 this morning, which is a miracle in an albergue dorm room! Usually someone is up before 6 AM, and they’re not always very quiet. 😒 I was awake for a couple of hoursRead more
Day 32: Amy is in León!
October 14, 2025 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 59 °F
Amy is here! We had a few errands to do, like mailing Amy’s bag ahead to Santiago, but mostly we were tourists today. Our favorite place should be no surprise: the León Cathedral. Amy was as blownRead more
Day 33: Astorga to SantaCatalinadeSamoza
October 15, 2025 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 61 °F
I am so happy we planned a short walk for today (10 km) so we could spend the morning in Astorga. What an amazing city! We took the 8 AM train from León, then found a hotel that let us store ourRead more
Day 34: Santa Catalina to Foncebadón
October 16, 2025 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F
After a night of not much sleep (except for the snorers, who slept great ), we were ready to go early this morning. Even though we only got a few hours of sleep, we agreed that La Boheme was aRead more
Day 35: Foncebadón to Molinaseca, 20 km
October 17, 2025 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F
Today was pretty amazing from beginning to end, although the walk was quite challenging. We started our walk just as dawn was breaking and had an easy walk to the Cruz de Ferro, or Iron Cross. IRead more
Day 36: Molinaseca to Ponferrada
October 18, 2025 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 59 °F
We had such a short walk (8 km), that today was basically a rest day, which we didn’t mind at all after our big downhill hike yesterday. This gave us lots of time to explore the castle city ofRead more
Day 37: Ponferrada-Villafranca d. Bierzo
October 19, 2025 in Spain ⋅ 🌧 61 °F
Today’s walk was WET and long (24.2 km), but the rain kept me focused and the walk was actually not bad. In fact, it was a really nice walk, mostly flat with just a few hills, and much of it throughRead more
Day 38: Villafranca to Las Herrerias
October 20, 2025 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 59 °F
Our morning started with a wonderful breakfast at the Parador in Villafranca, then we were on the trail around 8:30 am. We really didn’t see much of Villafranca yesterday because it was so rainy, soRead more
Day 39: Las Herreias to O Cebreiro
October 21, 2025 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 59 °F
My word for today is FUN! Amy and I might be the only pilgrims on the trail to O Cebreiro who would describe today that way because it was wet and chilly all day and the walk looked tough, but we rodeRead more
Day 40: O Cebreiro to Triacastela
October 22, 2025 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F
The word for today is WINDY. I live in the home of the winds, but I can tell you that the Aleutian Islands ain’t got nothing on the mountains in Galicia when it comes to strong winds. There’s aRead more
Day 41: Triacastela to Sarria
October 23, 2025 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 48 °F
It was rainy and stormy all night, but the rain stopped by the time we started walking around 8;30 this morning. Our walk started with a steep climb, which was unexpected because I thought we wereRead more
Day 42: Sarria to Portomarin, 22 km
October 24, 2025 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 57 °F
The day started off chilly, around 44 degrees, but soon the glorious sun was shining and we warmed up pretty quickly. It was so nice to walk in the sunshine after the last few days of rainy, windy,Read more
Day 43: Portomarin to Palas de Rei
October 25, 2025 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 48 °F
The word for today is perseverance. We started early, on the road a little after 8:00, and we got to our albergue around 4:30. We stopped about 8 km in for breakfast, then again about 19 km in forRead more
Day 44: Palas deRei to Ribadiso Da Baixo
October 26, 2025 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 59 °F
Today’s walk was long, but beautiful, 26 km (16 miles). It was about 40° and overcast when we started, but the sun soon burned through the clouds and left us with a beautiful day. Thank goodness,Read more
Day 45: Ribadiso to A Rua, 21 km
October 27, 2025 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 66 °F
We started our walk around 8:00 this morning and it was chilly, around 40°, but we had some pretty steep hills leaving Ribadiso so we warmed up quickly. It was a beautiful, sunny day, so I was in myRead more
Day 46: A Rua to Santiago de Compostela!
October 28, 2025 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
Santiago arrival day. Oh happy day!
I’ll probably come back and write more later, but for now here are some pics from our last day of walking and arriving in Santiago. I’m feeling very happy. ❤️
Santiago de Compostela
October 30, 2025 in Spain ⋅ 🌬 59 °F
We made the most of our 1 1/2 days in Santiago de Compostela. Santiago is a beautiful, historic city, so just walking around looking at the old town is a wonderful way to spend the day. We spent bothRead more

















































































































































































































































































































































































































