Category Archives: Spain

4 October 2023, Camino 3, Day 35 Arzua to O Pedrouzo It’s a beautiful day today. The weather is cool, the path shady with bits of mild sunshine, rolling hills, and good traction on the road. About 13 miles to O Pedrouzo. It is the last day before the last day. I have walked aloneContinue reading “ONE DAY TO SANTIAGO”

5 October 2023, Camino 3, Day 36 O Pedrouzo to Santiago Glen and I have had a little joke along the camino. When we are close to our destination and need to push through he says, “Let’s finish this thing before it gets out of hand.” Well today we’re going to finish it. The dayContinue reading “SANTIAGO”

29 September 2023, Camino 3, Day 30 Triacastela to Sarria Today we enter the last 100 km of the Camino Frances de Santiago. I feel funny about this. A month ago I was saying to myself “OMG! I still have a month of this to do?!” And now it’s the final phase. A lot ofContinue reading “ON TO THE BEGINNING OF THE END”

28 September 2023, Camino 3, Day 29 Pedrofita do Cebriero to Triacastela So you can see by the elevation map that today has a major downhill. Well after yesterday…we decided to skip it and take a taxi to Triacastela 😮😁😉. Yup it’s an easy day today 🥳 It’s a nice little town and we haveContinue reading “A LITTLE REST DAY”

27 September 2023, Camino 3, Day 28 Las Herrierias to Pedrafita do Cebriero When they were up, they were up,And when they were down, they were down,And when they were only halfway up,They were neither up nor down. Pedrafita do Cebriero is about 2 miles off the camino before reaching Ocebriero but make no mistakeContinue reading “WHERE IS THE ROAD?”

26 September 2023, Camino 3, Day 27 Villafranca del Bierzo to Las Herreiras Today is a relatively long day, about 12 miles. I’m worried about this since yesterday was a short day and I had a lot of pain in my quads, calves, and hamstrings. Of course silly me hasn’t been stretching like I should.Continue reading “WALKING WITH TREPIDATION”

25 September 2023, Camino 3, Day 26 Cacabelos to Villafranca del Bierza Ten more days after today. Mixed emotions are cropping up. We are stronger for all our walking and yet the walking takes its toll on our endurance. We are longing to enter Santiago and equally yearning to return to the life we know.Continue reading “THOUGHTS ALONG THE WAY”

23 September 2023, Camino 3, Day 24 El Acebo to Molinaseca The phrase for today is “Pick & Choose”. Pick the spot to plant your trekking pole and choose where to put your foot so you can take the next step. Today’s walk started out on the road. Technically the camino also runs along theContinue reading “THE PHRASE OF THE DAY IS “ PICK & CHOOSE””

22 September 2023, Camino 3, Day 23 Rabanal to El Acebo It is cold, windy, and wet today. The higher we go in elevation the windier it is but I’m told it’s better on the downhill. The temperature is in the 40’s but I’m dressed more warmly so it’s not too bad. I added aContinue reading “COLD, RAINY, WINDY, AND SAD”

21 September 2023, Camino 3, Day 22 Astorga to Rabanal/Santa Colomba de Samosa I love Astorga! I forgot to mention that we visited the chocolate museum. I didn’t have a picture but I did buy postcards to send to the grandchildren. At one time there were 51 chocolate makers in Astorga. It is the chocolateContinue reading “COLD COLD COLD”