SpainGaliciaSantiago de CompostelaBando42°54’6” N 8°27’20” W
May 17 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
How can it be that we only have 6 miles left?!? Seems like just yesterday we were nervously planning this trip. We treated ourselves to a “fancy” hotel room this evening, before we hike our lastRead more
SpainGaliciaPino, OA Salceda42°55’36” N 8°16’46” W
May 16 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Today our Albergue’s were only a 14k walk from each other. We wanted to walk some more today and knock off a few K’s off tomorrow’s hike so we dropped our packs at our Albergue after 14k andRead more
SpainGaliciaMelide42°54’50” N 8°0’59” W
May 15 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
SpainGaliciaParadelaFrancos42°47’7” N 7°32’32” W
May 14 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
For those who have little time, but want to experience the beauty of the Camino, you can walk the last 100km and receive the same pilgrimage certificate or Compostela as the pilgrims who have walkedRead more
SpainGaliciaSarriaFafián42°46’35” N 7°23’39” W
May 13 in Spain ⋅ 🌧 15 °C
We’ve stayed in some pretty unique places along our Camino, including this cute tiny cabin at a campground on the outskirts of Sarria.
SpainGaliciaSamos42°43’56” N 7°19’33” W
May 13 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
The Monastery of San Xulián de Samos is an active Benedictine monastery in Samos, province of Lugo, Galicia, Spain. It was founded in the sixth century.
The monastery was the School of Theology andRead more
SpainGaliciaPedrafita do CebreiroCeleiró42°41’57” N 7°4’28” W
May 12 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
The climb up to the town of O’Cebreiro is legendary, only second to crossing the Pyrenees Mountains in Camino Francés folklore.
Hmmmm, so how did we not know this when choosing to summit onRead more
SpainCastille and LeónTrabadelo42°38’54” N 6°52’43” W May 11 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
In doing our Camino research, there was one small special Albergue “Casa Susi” where we were really hoping to snag a bed. A few weeks into our trip, we calculated when we might arrive in theRead more
SpainCastille and LeónVillafranca del BierzoPereje42°37’53” N 6°50’9” W
May 11 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Aka… Kim’s bday hike, Aka… that time we climbed a mountain just for fun when we didn’t realize we had to climb another the next day. 😬
Along with following way markers “the yellowRead more
SpainCastille and LeónCamponaraya42°34’47” N 6°40’7” W May 10 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 18 °C
El Acebo to Camponaraya
We make it a point to find beauty every day on the Camino, but some days are just harder than others.
While the big cities are beautiful in their own unique ways. The walkRead more
