Camino - Day 17 Today was a pleasant and uneventful 23km day. A chilly morning with clear skies, I was walking as the sun crested over the eastern horizon behind me. One of the things about walking the Camino is that the sunrise is behind you. The path always takes...
The Camino de Santiago is for walking. That is what you do. Everyday. You walk. Up hills and mountains. Across valleys and rivers. On pavement, dirt, gravel, sand, rocks, cobblestone, and mud. Next to highways, through the narrow streets of old world walled...
Camino - Day 16 Another really lovely day on the Camino. 29 km - mostly on paths through the countryside. Yesterday I walked all morning in the pouring rain, with heavy winds coming straight into my face most of the way. It had its own kind of charm (mostly because...
Camino - Day 15 Today is Day 25, and I have now been on the Camino for two weeks. The places I’ve seen and the experiences I’ve had are beginning to blend together, but what I continue to carry with me is the uniqueness of each day and absolute awe and wonder that...
I had a dream last night that seemed to involve being in a Harry Potter sort of magical world. I don’t remember much of the dream, but I do remember the message that came blasting through as I woke up. “Magic only works when we feed it, and that includes both the...
I have arrived. It was a lovely 20km day over rolling hills that reminded me of eastern Washington. Somewhere within the first few kilometers I passed the 300km mark. Haven’t reached the halfway mark yet, but there is absolutely no need to rush. In this moment I am...
Camino - Day 13 All in all it was a fairly unpleasant day. I left the very pleasant Albergue Santa Fe in Cardeñuela Riopico at about 7:30am with clear skies and cool temps. The first few kilometers took me along a country road with roosters crowing and church bells...
¿Cómo se come un elefante? ¡Un bocado a la vez! ¿Cómo se hace el Camino de Santiago? ¡Un respiro, un paso, una sorpresa, un pueblo, un albergue, un día a la vez! ¡Y siempre con...
Camino - Day 12 This has been a lovely, interesting, and varied sort of day, with several surprises along the way. I stepped out of my very comfortable alberge in Villafranca Montes de Oca decked out in my rain gear and headed up the path (with “up” being the...
Day 11 Yesterday I landed in a really lovely and peaceful alberge, and quickly decided that today would be a good day for a rest. It turned out to be a profoundly good day to stop and simply be present where I am. I wandered down to the village to have lunch and...