Stones from home

One of the pilgrim traditions along the Camino is to throw a stone, brought from the place of origin of the pilgrim, onto the pile of stones at the Cruz de Ferro (Iron Cross) at the top of MounteЧитать далее
One of the pilgrim traditions along the Camino is to throw a stone, brought from the place of origin of the pilgrim, onto the pile of stones at the Cruz de Ferro (Iron Cross) at the top of MounteЧитать далее
Dinner at the Belgian Beer Cafe before we board our red eye to London. We'll arrive tomorrow around 10AM local time for a 3 hour lay over. The second leg of our flight puts us in Paris at about 3:40pmЧитать далее
We had a very jet lagged breakfast at Pret a Manger in the airport. I watched two movies (Passenger and Bob the Cat) while Tom slept during the flight. This was intentional as by skipping sleep forЧитать далее
After ~20 hours of travel, we landed just outside of Paris, pioneer of the most popular places to fly in to begin the Camino if you are traveling from over seas. One particularly persistent taxiЧитать далее
Now that I'm learning to speak Spanish, when I speak French I realize that I actually have a fairly good grasp of French. Tom and I spent some time speaking mostly just French to each other as IЧитать далее
Rather than fly to the south of France, we took the advice of many Camino veterans who recommended we take the high-speed TGV train network, which interconnects throughout Europe.
This is the last stop on the TGV, from here we'll take a bus to SJPP. This is our first stop in Basque country and we're looking up pronunciations for simple phrases. Kaixo (hello) is "kay-show".
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We've arrived to the first stop, our launching point to begin a thousand year old pilgrimage route. Our first stop was to the pilgrims office where we picked up our pilgrim passport, Compostela, andЧитать далее
Our first night on the Camino was a relative success. We stayed at the Auberge du Pèlerin in the heart of St Jean Pied de Port.According to my fit bit, I slept from 10pm to 3am (my longest night timeЧитать далее
We're in Spain! Recieved our second Compostela stamp at the Rufugio de Peregrinos de Roncesvalles. It is 12 euro / night plus 10 euro for dinner (@ 7pm) and 5 euro for breakfast. It has 183 beds, TomЧитать далее