Arrived in Santiago yesterday after 11 km walk. One person wanted to have her picture taken with the first “returning” pilgrim she had met. Third Santiago arrival of the trip. Spent a lot of time waiting for the compostela, but talked with other waiters from all over, which put a nice exclamation point on it […]
A perfect day for a walk. Cool with bright sun at the start, shade on the woodland trails when it was needed, then clouds for the pavement pounding up to Trasmonte and down. Staying at Casa Riamonte in Castelo, 11 km from Santiago. Pam, Joe and I stayed here two years ago and enjoyed the […]
50th walking day. Passed my 1,100 km mark yesterday and the 700 mile mark today. The interest of round numbers. I had hoped to break the trip from Muxía to Santiago into four short days. (It’s still odd to think of a 20 – 24 km day as short. It would be odd if, at […]
Left Nathan 20 km back where he was looking for a bus from Muxía to Santiago. He modeled my running shoes for the last picture of them before they went in the trash. He put his hands in the shoes and his fingers out what used to be their sides and soles. “They could be […]
A long walk with Nathan and Casey on a gorgeous day. From the hippie-ish Albergue do Sol y Lua in Finisterre to Bela Muxía. Muxía is yet another End of the World with a geographical claim and a legend involving Saint James. The tradition is that the Virgin arrived here in her own stone boat […]
Two nights ago I was in the Association albergue in San Roque. Communal meals with the same hospitalero who was there two years ago when Pam, Joe, and I were there on our way to Finisterre. Still no wi-fi, so no post from there. Brian Liu and I walked together the last 13 km to […]
33 km to Olveiroa. Pleasant, tiring walk, mostly with Brian and Jess. Planning to break tomorrow’s 34 km into two days. The program meets again on Wednesday afternoon in Finisterre.
Everyone I walked with today agreed it was good to be back on the Way again and to let the feet and legs do what they do. Even the hill was welcomed. And the sun! After four days of gray Galician rain it was nice to walk in Galician warmth and shed our layers. A […]
Arrived again in Santiago. 3 hour walk with an ever-brightening sky. Staying at Roots and Boots. Hunter and Rachel and a new dog they want to make their own were there. Pilgrims Mass was packed and smokey from the botafumeiro.
A very short walk today. 10 km to O Faramello-Teo, a nice new albergue with three French speakers, one from France, one from Quebec, and a Portuguese fellow who lives in Ontario. Walked with anothe Canadian briefly in the morning. She worked in Ft. Murray, the tar sands town that burned yesterday. Thanks to technology […]