Saturday, 2 Jun 2018 | Views [602] | Comments [1]
No Internet Thursday night in Los Arcos. EEKS! Perhaps a blessing in disguise? Visited this cathedral in Los Arcos. We'd been told it looks like Vatican City. Very ornate.
Another iconic experience on the Camino de Santiago is the ... Read more >
Thursday, 31 May 2018 | Views [505] | Comments [1]
After a great breakfast at the hotel, we put on our final layers (1 for Jeff, 4 for Donna), secure our packs in their rain covers and head out for Estella. It’s about 60 degrees and raining for the first four hours. Since we couldn’t take ... Read more >
Wednesday, 30 May 2018 | Views [431] | Comments [3]
The skies are dark again as we leave Pamplona--but it's in the 50s and that's warm enough when we're hiking uphill...only the first 9 miles are uphill today! You can see that we are walking through the clouds again today. This is a typical Camino marker.... Read more >
Tuesday, 29 May 2018 | Views [534]
Another spectacular day on the Camino. The terrain was easier today, less mountainous. I didn’t say no hills and valleys, just fewer! We walked through acres and acres of wheat fields. We now know where they get the flour for all this great bread ... Read more >
Monday, 28 May 2018 | Views [380]
Dry clothes and sunny skies all day today from Roncevelles to Zubiri. Only 790 Km to go! Met Korine from the Netherlands at breakfast. She tells me that her tour group is crossing the Pyrenees today…from Roncevelles to St. Jean--1 mile uphill, ... Read more >
Sunday, 27 May 2018 | Views [421]
Still wringing the rain out of my laptop as I write tonight. What a crazy, fun day. The trail over the Pyrenees is 15.5 miles—14 of those uphill! It’s harder than climbing out of the Grand Canyon. Whew. Much greener though.
We laughed, ... Read more >
Thursday, 24 May 2018 | Photo Gallery
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Tuesday, 20 Jun 2017 | Views [710] | Comments [1]
The last leg of our pilgrimage from Padron to Santiago is exciting. As we come across other hikers, everyone is lighthearted and excited about arriving at the Cathedral Santiago de Compostela. We have about 15.5 miles to hike today, the last 3-4 through ... Read more >
