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. […]

We walked 14 miles today (24 km) even though we were told we’d be walking 19. We have very sore feet and are crashing I’ll catch up tomorrow! Good night, all!

This was to be our long day of walking and it WAS! We started out early and the fog was thick. And we walked and walked and walked…for over eight hours. At one point in the afternoon, we saw no other pilgrims on the trail for almost an hour. We questioned if we were on […]