Home Again
11 czerwca 2018, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 34 °C
It’s Monday, a week since we walked into Santiago. We arrived back in San Antonio on Friday night after 24 hours of travel, and the jet lag seems to be subsiding.
We walked around the old town on Czytaj więcej
Botafumeiro
6 czerwca 2018, Hiszpania ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Just a short clip, sorry — my phone died as I filmed this 2 years ago.
We were repeatedly asked not to take photos, so today I didn’t. At least John had the chance to experience this —
Lots Czytaj więcej
Around Santiago
6 czerwca 2018, Hiszpania ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
We spent part of the morning doing a little shopping, then went back to the Cathedral to watch some pilgrims arrive in the square. We found a seat and waited for the noon Pilgrim’s Mass to start. It Czytaj więcej
Stone Walls of Galicia
5 czerwca 2018, Hiszpania ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
The rainy climate here in Galicia turns the stone walls and tile roofs into miniature gardens —
How many years have they been there? How many pilgrims have passed by?
We’ve Arrived!
5 czerwca 2018, Hiszpania ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
We’re in Santiago! We arrived yesterday afternoon after a longer walk than planned —
At 10:00 yesterday morning, with only 12 miles to go, we decided to forge on through the rain so we could wake Czytaj więcej
Less than 20 Miles to go...
3 czerwca 2018, Hiszpania ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
We have less than 20 miles to walk! Tuesday will be only 6 miles, so we can arrive early to visit the Pilgrims’ Office and pick up our Compostelas before it gets busy. Then we’ll retrieve the Czytaj więcej
The Camino We Walk
29 maja 2018, Hiszpania ⋅ 🌧 15 °C
It’s the edge of an asphalt roadway... the crushed stone road built by Romans over 2000 years ago.
It’s farm roads that run from village to village... and a road for sheep and cows (and cow Czytaj więcej
Drip Drip Drip...
29 maja 2018, Hiszpania ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
Well, the weather odds finally caught up with us. We had sunshine walking up to O Cebreiro, but it’s been drizzly and chilly ever since. So here are a few pictures from my visit in 2016.
We’re Czytaj więcej
More Beauties
26 maja 2018, Hiszpania ⋅ 🌬 13 °C
Camino Flowers
26 maja 2018, Hiszpania ⋅ 🌬 12 °C
Flowers everywhere — geraniums and roses in front of houses, fields of lavender, pink, yellow and white broom, red poppies — Spain is abloom everywhere we walk.
What goes up...
24 maja 2018, Hiszpania ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
... had to come down! And it was steep and VERY rocky. But the flowers and the scenery were beautiful,
Cruz de Ferro, the Iron Cross
24 maja 2018, Hiszpania ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Today we climbed to the highest point on the Camino, Monte Irago, and the Iron Cross. The Cross was placed there in the 11 th century by a Catholic abbot to mark the way for pilgrims traveling to Czytaj więcej
More Cathedral Pics
20 maja 2018, Hiszpania ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Leon
20 maja 2018, Hiszpania ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
We’re enjoying our rest day in Leon, and this siesta thing is pretty nice! Our hotel is just outside the Cathedral, across the street from a hospital (good location?!).
Leon Cathedral is so Czytaj więcej
Graffiti and signs
19 maja 2018, Hiszpania ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Self explained —
How we navigate
19 maja 2018, Hiszpania ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
How do you find your way across 500 miles of Spain, through villages, fields and cities? You pay attention and look for these —
(Or you look for other pilgrims who seem to know where they’re going).
Leon
19 maja 2018, Hiszpania ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Tonight and tomorrow we will stay in Leon, resting up for the last 200 miles. We’ll devote tomorrow to the magnificent Gothic Cathedral.
The past few days have been easy walks with few climbs. We Czytaj więcej
The Roman Road
15 maja 2018, Hiszpania ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
This was our view today, for 14 miles. Looks pretty monotonous, right? Until you realize ... we were walking part of the original Roman road through Spain, still intact after 2000 years (with just a Czytaj więcej
Back in touch
14 maja 2018, Hiszpania ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Since leaving Burgos, we’ve climbed the Meseta, the high plain that stretches from Burgos to Leon. Wide open spaces, remote old Camino towns, and very little communication available. The Meseta was Czytaj więcej
Burgos Cathedral
10 maja 2018, Hiszpania ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Burgos!
10 maja 2018, Hiszpania ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Lovely Burgos with its beautiful cathedral, and 2 nights in the same bed! The weather continues to change every few minutes as winds blow down from snowy mountains. We’ve left the vineyards and Czytaj więcej
Logrando, Najera and Santo Domingo
6 maja 2018, Hiszpania ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Tonight we’re staying with the Cistercian nuns in their spotless hostal on the edge of town. We’re hoping this is a quiet neighborhood, after listening to crazy screaming Spanish young folks half Czytaj więcej
Cold and Windy Walk
3 maja 2018, Hiszpania ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
May 2 & 3, Estella to Los Arcos to Viana:
John had discovered that the secret to Camino life is E-S-P: Just concentrate on Eat, Sleep, and Potty, and the walk is fine!
Yesterday a Japanese doctor Czytaj więcej
16 Mile Day
1 maja 2018, Hiszpania ⋅ 🌙 6 °C
We walked through Puente la Reina this morning and spent a few minutes admiring the 13th century bridge leading out of town. Then a BIG climb through chilly winds and intermittent sunshine — the Czytaj więcej
Alto de Perdon
1 maja 2018, Hiszpania ⋅ 🌙 7 °C
Monday, 4/30: A big climb up out of Pamplona to Alto de Perdón, “where the path of the wind meets that of the stars.” The ridges here are lined with wind turbines. Today we made ourselves take Czytaj więcej
























































































































































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