• Trip to Italy and Spain
    1First selfie in the rain
    First coffee stopChapel which was the burial place of a local dignitary from the 9th century.Second coffee stopView from Monte de OcaWild primrosesCivil War mass graves. Franco's victimsHeatherNoisy neighborsMore noisy neighborsSan Juan de Ortega1Inside an albergue at night

    San Juan de Ortega

    April 3, 2025 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 52 °F

    Well, it was a nice evening. There were 4 other pilgrims and we were all in bed by 8:30. Everyone had walked themselves into an early evening.

    It was relatively miserable walking today. It was cold and rainy. We climbed a steep, steep hill that lasted a couple of miles and then walked in the mud through the forest. All the total, we walked just over 10 miles, although our fitness counters say we walked much more!

    Tonight, we are at San Juan de Ortega, which is mainly a big church in the middle of nowhere. We do have our own room tonight as the albergue is not yet open, so I booked us a room.

    Tomorrow, we will walk a shorter day at 7.5 miles. It is supposed to rain all day again, so it will be good to go a shorter distance.    Read more