SPAIN | Saturday, 2 Jun 2018 | Views [596] | 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 >
SPAIN | Thursday, 31 May 2018 | Views [500] | 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 >
SPAIN | Wednesday, 30 May 2018 | Views [427] | 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 >
SPAIN | Tuesday, 29 May 2018 | Views [528]
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 >
SPAIN | Monday, 28 May 2018 | Views [376]
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 >
SPAIN | Sunday, 27 May 2018 | Views [416]
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 >
FRANCE | Saturday, 26 May 2018 | Views [445]
Slept in (what??!!) and had croissants and very strong French coffee for breakfast. Needed that extra caffeine for our exploration of St. Jean. The castle you'll see below is atop the hill here and was built in the 12 th century as a place for armies ... Read more >
FRANCE | Friday, 25 May 2018 | Views [442]
Great journey from Phoenix to France--it took 22 hours from door to door, but it was a good time to read and watch movies we've missed this year. A prearranged taxi picked us up at the Pamplona airport to drive us to France. She is clearly a grandaughter ... Read more >
SPAIN | Thursday, 24 May 2018 | Photo Gallery
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USA | Wednesday, 23 May 2018 | Views [365] | Comments [1]
We are busy packing final items for our 2018 pilgrimage. You'd think it would take less time to pack light, but we've been at it for hours. Must take just the right things and very few of those! Jeff is still trying to force-fit a favorite pillow into ... Read more >
USA | Tuesday, 22 May 2018 | Views [987] | Comments [3]
Hiking the mountain trails in Phoenix is the perfect way to prepare for the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage. This year we start in St Jean Pied de Port, France and will hike the entire 500 mile trek, God willing! We will finish in the Cathedral Square ... Read more >
SPAIN | Tuesday, 20 Jun 2017 | Views [705] | 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 >
PORTUGAL | Tuesday, 23 May 2017 | Photo Gallery
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