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 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...
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...
Day 10 Yesterday was a funky day in which I spent much of it feeling sad and crabby and a bit off. It ended in an alberge that was marginal at best, complete with a woman running the place who was even crabbier than I was feeling. That actually snapped me out of my...
Day 8 Another lovely and relaxed day. Probably my last day of walking with Sally, and possibly the last with Charlotte as well. What an unexpected and delightful surprise they have been. I am so grateful for this new friendship. We walked from Navarrete to Azofra...