Day 9 Santo Domingo
Up at 6AM and on the Camino again. Ventosa was a nice sleepy village surrounded by vineyards. Electing to stay one town short of the…
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Day 8 Ventosa (repost)
The heat wave has passed and today was a welcome overcast day. I got a late start, choosing to sleep in at the hotel and…
Apologies for typos and is anyone reading this?
I wanted to apologize for the many typos in the posts. I am guilty of some of the errors and others are due to using…
Day 7 heat wave and an early start to Logrono
With the day’s high at 35°C or ~95° F I set out at 5:20 AM with the hopes of reaching Logrono before the peak heat.…
Day 4 Puente la reina
Leaving Pamplona behind us we crossed Alto del Perdon which has the metal sculpture depicting the pilgrimage. It’s a famous scene in the movie”The Way”.…
Day 3 Pamplona
The Albergue we stayed at had a great breakfast. The ear plugs helped give me a great night sleep, but apparently not for everyone else.…
Day 1 St Jean Pied de Port to Roncesvalles
On Friday June 3rd we set out from St. Jean. Our goal was to reach Roncesvalles, a journey of 26 km. Only problem is that…
Day 2 Zubiri
Another day and 21.5 km. We left Roncesvalles at met some new friends, Marinesa from Mexico and Theo from Greece. Joe twisted his knee and…
New adventure, new friends
Thanks to a train workers strike I met four wonderful people today who are on their own Camino. Markus from Switzerland, Michaela from Austria, Mike…
A taste of the Camino…
Want to experience a brief taste of the Camino? This short Youtube video will give a taste of the Camino scenery and the path… Warning,…