This was 22kms of green and emerging sunshine.  Out of dreary clouds and rain and into rolling fields of green pastures and farm animals. The first half was more of a climb than we’d expected!  It was real work and when we reached a lone cafe midpoint along with many other pilgrims (traffic on … More Day 7 Triacastela to Sarria

We got a later start today once we decided that another snow slogging day just wasn’t in the cards for us. We took a taxi over snowy O Cebriero and saw much heartier folks trudging as we had a few days ago through incredibly wet and cold. Jewish princesses, be proud of us for just … More Day 6 … To Triacastela

The weather wasn’t getting any better – overcast, rainy…a lot like Seattle winter!  Given that along with both of us feeling a bit weary, we decided to create a rest day for ourselves just short of an anticipted huge climb to O Cebriero. So we walked about 8km to Ponferrada where we knew a bus or … More Day 5 Rest and Refection in Ambasmestas

Wow! Talk about a change in scenery!!! We dressed for wet and cold leaving Rabanal, but we had no idea that the climb we were about to do would bring us into the clouds that turned rain to snow. We had seen what looked like snow dusting waaaay up on the hills…warning? Anyway, the waterproof … More Day 4 Rabanal to Iron Cross and Beyond to Molinaseca

This was a day of mixed terrain and roller coaster emotions. Very much as I thought the Camino might be. Some of the landscape was rolling and wooded, some was skirting the noisy autopista. Looking back now the scenery gets better along this Way. We got to a point where sore feet and back and … More Day 3 Astorga to Rabanal

    It was a rough first night for us both. We both had trouble falling asleep and I had both a terrible nightmare and bloody nose.  While we stayed in a fine simple place we were sleeping in close quarters so I felt terrible that my snores and mishaps at night woke Ruth.  I trust … More Day 2: On the Way to Astorga

We did it.  Setting out from Leon at about 8am, Ruth and I set a goal to reach one of two small towns about 20 – 25 km away…one on a more traveled route, the other on an alternate route described in our guidebook.  Understand that while there is an original Camino Frances, over many years … More Day 1 on the Camino: 24km and Darned Proud of It!

Sitting at the airport next to Ruth…all checked in and waiting for our gate to appear on the reader board. Are you going to blog?…she asks. Gee, on my phone? Why not, she asks…she with the flying texting fingers. Sure, why not. I will need to be short, sweet (usually) and descriptively fascinating. Tall order. … More And we’re off…