We started out from Teo and discovered fog over the fields. We discovered a few interesting and unique sights along our 8 mile walk into Santiago. The walk was not as strenuous as the prior two days, but challenging, none the less. We were excited when we arrived at Monte do Gozo (Hill of Joy) […]

Sore feet and steep hills seemed to be the theme today. We walked through a variety of landscapes, including urban and wooded, and an elevated area of river rock. The weather has been good (perhaps a little warm) and we made good progress. We will reach our final goal of the cathedral in Santiago de […]

Today was another difficult day. We think we will be able to put a map together for people to use on the Camino. This map will contain every bench, short wall suitable for sitting upon, and large stones that also serve as places for people to sit down. I think I have sat on most […]

We have met and seen some interesting people on our journey to Santiago. There have been couples, groups of women, men, a son or daughter with a parent, and a young man holding his grandmother‘s arm as she walked. I spoke with a man two days ago and his wife from San Francisco. They were […]

Today was a long day, to say the least. today was our longest distance which was 13.8 miles. Even though we walked for 7 hours 10 minutes to cover that mileage, our total time with breaks and lunch was 8 hours and 20 minutes. It was a long day. We have another reasonably long day […]

Today had bits of challenging terrain, but overall, manageable. It meant going slower than we would have liked. We walked on pavement, dirt path, and along roads. We saw some pilgrims with unique backpacks. One had patches of several caminos he had walked. We couldn’t imagine! We stopped at the roadside Chapel of Santa Marta […]

Today was a recovery day! We only had about 4.5 miles but found a shortcut from our lodging. so we walked even less! We were grateful for this since we had a terrible night. A dog next door to our lodging barked non-stop until about 4:30! All the guests were complaining about the dog at […]

Today was all about steep hills. we began at sea level and climbed hill after hill after hill. in fact, we learned a new skill today. A man was walking the hills and going from side to side of the street, making his own switchbacks. we did try it and had modest success. fast forwarding […]

According to the literature, this was to be about a 9.5 mile walk. But the distances just kept getting longer and longer! we finished at our lodging, having walked 13.4 miles over 7.5 hours! We had some steep elevations today as well. Much of the time was spent walking along the ocean which was beautiful. […]

We only had a short distance to travel today (4.5 miles which turned out to be 5.5 miles.) That was a nice “re-entry” to the camino. We had no issues or problems other than very few arrow or shells showing the way. We passed one pilgrim who was seated on the side of the walkway […]