We took an early flight to Madrid and got this fun view of a cloud-filled river before taking the metro into the center of the city. We walked to the much acclaimed Mercado de San Miguel for some good eats and noted all the churches and other places we wanted to explore in the next…
Barb’s (?)tibia strain responded well to 24 hours of compression, elevation, and ice. So, being a good patient, she got out and walked around a little. We’ve walked to Mass and a couple of restaurants mostly to keep the extreme cabin-fever at bay. There seems to an inverse relationship between Barb’s pain and Joe’s! :>)…
We made it! We started in the dark about 6 am and made it into town around 10 am, passing a couple of ancient churches along the way. It was a foggy, peaceful morning. There was a rush of emotions rounding the corner to the Cathedral. We’ve seen lots of pictures, but it’s nothing like…
19th was 14 miles in the rain. Contrary to popular belief, the rain in Spain DOES NOT stay mainly in the plain! 20th to Arzua. We are definitely getting into better shape. Ascents are no problem but downhills are tough on the knees and toes. This was Barb’s most painful day by far and away….
We rejoined the Camino Frances yesterday for the final stretch into Santiago de Compostela. As of mid-morning, we now have less than a 100k to Compostela. We arrived in the quaint town of Portomarin this afternoon, and after climbing several flights of steps we entered the city gate and kept climbing into the central district…
It’s hard to believe we are wrapping up our third week of the Camino. We’ve pretty much created our own Camino by jumping around on different routes that look the most interesting to us. We’ve walked portions of the Frances, Del Norte, and Primitive Routes. We started on the Frances Route to hike through the…
Just a good day. Thank goodness for Compeed -the best blister care ever! Llanes is a neat coastal, happenin’ small city. The majority of the day was rural walking. We met a most interesting man (and his dog) out on their morning stroll a couple miles outside of San Vicente. He has a small country…
Moving further along the Cantabria coast. Today we walked mostly in the rain, so we didn’t have our phones out much. The skies were dramatic and the coastal breezes kept our rain gear flapping! All-in-all, a good day.
We took a ferry today and apparently Google Maps does not want us to be able to display our route, so here is our progress so far. We saw a signpost on the Camino today that said 577 km to Santiago de Compostela. We started the day on the coast and, once again, experienced a…
We think/hope there is a possibility we might be getting out of the Pyrenees! When we go up now, the elevations are not quite as dramatic. Barb’s phone was consistently showing days of 40,000 steps and 130 flights of stairs for the day. Today, in the Cantabria region, we logged the same amount of steps…