My husband and I are beginning a new adventure–a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, Spain. We invite you to follow along as we share the sights, experiences and challenges we meet along the way. This journey will begin in Sarria, Spain and end at the Cathedral in Santiago de Compostela. Feel free to leave a […]

What are some things to know about the Camino de Santiago? Camino de Santiago means the Way of St. James and although there are a number of paths, they all lead to the cathedral in Santiago de Compostela (St. James of the field of stars). These paths begin in Spain, Portugal and France. The most […]

We finally arrived in Santiago. As the plane was landing, we could see peregrinos (pilgrims) walking towards Santiago. After checking in at our accommodations, we went into Sarria, the starting point for our camino. We discovered a small cafe with a delicious tart of Santiago. We learned, as we walked back to our accommodation, the […]

Since we walked from Sarria to Vilei yesterday, this morning we just picked up the route where we left off yesterday. It was a beautiful sunny morning and the rising sun just made the fields glow! It was a more even trail today…not nearly as steep as the hill coming out of Sarria yesterday. All […]

We walked about 5 hours today, partly because I was stopping to take pictures! We started out just as the sun was coming up, but still had our flashlights handy! The road was peaceful and we didn’t encounter too many other pilgrims. We found the Iglesia de Santa Maria de Ferrerios . The baptismal font […]

We left Portomarin and knew that we’d be going uphill most of the day, but we never expected what we encountered! After crossing the Mino river, we had to make a choice: go left and encounter an extremely steep climb or go right and have a gradual, easier (?) climb. We chose to go to […]

As we walked today, we think we passed the highest elevation we will encounter. The scenery was lovely! We were making good progress this morning until we came upon a herd of cows being moved. We held back because we weren’t sure we could outrun them or predict where they were going! We did have […]

Today wasn’t as bad as we thought it would be. It took us five and a half hours to walk from Palas de Rei to Melide. That was with a few ups and downs that were a bit challenging, but most of the day was okay. (It was hard to find the right word there…) […]

We got off to an early start, but there was plenty of street lighting as we left Melide. The sun was rising and the clouds turned a glorious pink! Part of it was visible as we rounded the corner at Santa Maria de Melide. This church dates to the 12th century but unfortunately, was locked. […]