The road ahead

Canal de Castilla

Long hot walk

21.5 miles from Itero de la Vega to Carrión de los Condes
I walked with 3 nice Irish guys, 2 brothers and the son of one of them. I really wanted to get to the "big" town of Carrión de los Condes,Meer informatie
Wine

This is how much wine is included in the price of a 3 course meal for one person! Only 12€, which has is kind of high, because it's only 8€ to 10€ many places. You get your choice of wine orMeer informatie
Today's walk

16.63 miles from Carrión de los Condes to Terradillos de Templarios. Another hot day - about 98° by the afternoon.
The halfway point!

But I actually started before Roncesvalles, and plan to finish at the coast in Finesterre. So, I'm not sure where my halfway point is.
Today's walk

21 miles today, and even though it was still hot, there was a lot of shade and a nice breeze. And the walk went by fast because I was walking with a Spaniard who was kind enough to let me practice myMeer informatie
Burgos, Spain

A few days ago in Burgos with some young friends
Mansilla de las Mulas

This is a pretty cool city surrounded by a wall from the 12th century
Today's walk

Just a short 12 mile walk, in a mostly overcast morning from El Burgo Ranero to Mansilla de las Mulas. I've got another short walk tomorrow to Leoón
Almost to León

Parador de León

This was a 12th century monastery, and it's now a 5 star hotel, that I'm unfortunately not staying at. 😀
León Hostel

My home for two nights, conveniently located above a chocolate shop.
Tomorrow I'll meet up with a few people that I met at the start of my journey. Looking forward to seeing them again and swappingMeer informatie
Today's walk

Mansilla de las Mulas to León 11.5 miles
Casa Botines

A Gaudí designed building in León
More León pics

I took a rest day in León, which gave me the opportunity to get together with some of my Camino friends that were a day behind me.
León, Spain

I've been wondering who paints all the yellow arrows that guide the way on the Camino. As I was leaving León this morning I found one arrow painter at work.
And here are some examples of arrows thatMeer informatie
Yesterday's walk

20 miles from León to Hospital de Obrigo
Stayed at Albergue Verde, where they do a vegetarian dinner that was really good. It was so nice to have lots of vegetables after so much bread, meat andMeer informatie
Monday morning

An easy walk to Astorga
Today's walk

I feel like I'm totally slacking off, only walked 10 miles today from Hospital de Obrigo to Astorga
But I've decided to slow down to stretch out my time on the Camino.
Episcopal Palace Astorga

I had plenty of time and energy to walk around town today. Astorga has one of the three Gaudí designed buildings outside of Catalunya.
I was much more impressed with this one than the one in León.Meer informatie
Rabanal del Camino

I'm sitting wearing just a towel while all my clothing is in the washing machine. I'm taking precautions against carrying bedbugs. I saw one this morning in my room, and found four bites on my leg.Meer informatie
Today's walk

From Astorga to Rabanal del Camino 13.2 miles
Not such a great day

But, still a good day because I'm on the Camino.
It started with an Italian woman turning on the lights in our room at 5:30 to let us know that they had found chinches - bedbugs. So that got us goingMeer informatie
Cruz de Ferro

This famous cross doesn't look like much in person
Sharron MathansThough dry, it is very picturesque