26 May - Luxury Singapore Stop

Easy trip to airport in the Jag, followed by comfortable A380 8 hour flight. Cab to Hotel Fort Canning arriving in time for Nobilis Sauvignon Blanc happy hour with fellow guests.
Lau Pa Sat forЧитать далее
27May Singapore

Luscious full breakfast at HFC after nespresso in bed to wake up. Had morning swim till the forecast rain arrived. Checked out at noon then walked down to Smith St Chinatown having late lunch of soyaЧитать далее
28 May Singapore to Barcelona

Overnight flight landed at 7:30am. Staying in El Born again in Hotel Mercer Boria. Love this area with its eclectic mix of shops - boutiques, handbags, jewellery mixed in with bars, cafes, indian miniЧитать далее
29 May Barcelona Montserrat Visit

Slept well and enjoyed substantial included breakfast complete with custom scrambled eggs. Spent a wonderful day at Montserrat which is the second most important catholic pilgrimage site in Spain butЧитать далее
30 May Hospital St Pau

Hospital St Pau was incredible modernisme architecture with views down to Sagrada Familia.
Met Jacky and Michelle for lunch at Zed and enjoyed tapas and white sangria.
Metroed back for quick look atЧитать далее
31 May Barcelona to Zaragoza

An easy 2 hour high speed train to a new city. Zaragoza feels quite authentic and relatively untouristed. Hotel Pilar Plaza is nice and right across from the basilica. Pablo Gargallo museum andЧитать далее
1 June Zaragoza

Warm day and full of activities. Walked to the Aljufiera (twice as they decided to close it as parliament was sitting), crossed the roman bridge and visited the Goya museum. Food wise started the dayЧитать далее
2 June Zaragoza to Burgos

4 hour fast train in first class through lush green scenery to Burgos. Big city but gorgeous centre. Hotel room overlooking plane trees and fast flowing river. Cathedral chapels were amazing.
Had funЧитать далее
3 June Burgos to Leon

Had a lovely breakfast in cafe by the river, walked up to the castle, then stumbled on the Corpus Christi celebration parade. Over to the Monestary de Los Huelgos with its ornate interior where guidedЧитать далее
4 June Leon

Cold, rainy day 8-13 degrees but spent fairly leisurely. Had a real breakast at Hotel Via Leon, then met the Joshua Tree and Nova Scotians from yesterday for the tour of San Isidoro monastry where weЧитать далее
5 June Leon to Astorga

Easy 40 minute bus trip meeting the mother and son Kims from Korea and Mario from Sardinia. Excellent coffee and 6 churros for 2 euros for a late breakfast.
Then to Astorga cathedral, Gaudis buildingЧитать далее
6 Jun Astorga to Orellan Las Medulas

Favourite breakfast of churros, cafe con leche and OJ, got buses to Ponferrada and Carucedo and flagged a lift down to Orellan. Fascinating scenery from ancient roman gold mines and even went throughЧитать далее
7 Jun Orellan to Ponferrada

French style coffee in a bowl for breakfast , walk down into the valley to see the roman caves then onto Ponferrada - the friendliest town in Spain. Met Carlos and Soledad in a cafe, then Isabel atЧитать далее
8 Jun Ponferrada to Lugo

Rainy day for 1.5hour bus to the ancient roman town of Lugo. Even in the rain it was a classy old town with pale grey stone and white frames. Walked the old roman walls round the town, enjoyed theЧитать далее
9 Jun Lugo to Sarria

Decided to break the “no breakfast” tradition and took the 4 star hotel breakfast. Meet Mandy from Perth whose camino I had been following who was now travelling with her husband so I put themЧитать далее
10 Jun Walk Sarria to Portomarin

Set off before 8am back up through the old town. Scenery was really pretty through lush green forests. Stopped for coffee, then a queso cheese and honey pancake from a woman who had set up a donationЧитать далее
11 June Portomarin to Casa Calixtino

Enjoyed plentiful included breakfast, left bag at reception and hit the road just after 8am. Again lush chestnut forests with the highlight being the little visited roman ruins at Castromaior. DrizzleЧитать далее
12 June Casa Calixtino to Casa Blanca

Happy to leave the spanish groups behind and walk with 3 irish and one english woman stopping for food/beer every 3kms till my turnoff at Casa Nova ( or we’re looking for casanova as it became). NoЧитать далее
13 June To Melide

Casa Blanca breakfast was very upmarket then i retraced my steps the 1.3km back to the camino. There were some nice forest stretches and little village churches but some next to busy highway andЧитать далее
14 June Melide to Arzua

Yummy churros and coffee from local cafe to fuel the lovely16km walk through forests of oak, chestnut and gum trees and rolling hills. Stopped at the No Camino cafe for a tostada and french practice.Читать далее
15 June Arzua to Salceda

Stretched out the very good included breakfast (complete with scrambled eggs) to leave late as it was only a short walking day. Met Linda and Michael from Washington DC who were well equippedЧитать далее
16 June 27km into Santiago

This was a big 27 km walk to the finish line. I was very focussed and set off without much delay and just plodded. I had heard reports that this last leg was ugly as it skirts Santiago Airport, but itЧитать далее
17 June Santiago

Had a pleasant breakfast in the lovely garden of Costa Vella, then noon mass at the Cathedral where I was lucky enough for the Botafumiero to fly - amazing. It was worth 1.5 hours of standing throughЧитать далее
18 June Daytrip to Finisterre

Bus tour to windy Murcia, Finisterre lighthouse and village, Ezaro waterfalls and Candota ( biggest horreo). Gorgeous coastline with white sandy beaches and aqua water. Lunch for 12 euro was seafoodЧитать далее
19 June Santiago

Spent the day sightseeing in this gorgeous town - impressive food market, churches, parador and piazzas. Quince paste and cheese on bread for lunch in the park which provided some shade from theЧитать далее