Surprisingly I was able to sleep well after being so sore yesterday. The hotel packed a picnic breakfast for us which was a sandwich;...

Day 2, the walk was a couple miles shorter than yesterday, easier terrain, lots less mud, but felt harder since I am still trying to...

Today was our first day of walking, in total we did almost 17 miles. Malcolm’s first Camino marker The day started out with a steep...

I was up early this morning after a marginal night of sleep. Malcolm and I thought we had built extra time into the train station...

Today was a busy day of touring a couple of cava vintners and a very long outdoor lunch. The first stop was a smaller family operation...

Last night we had a private cooking class after a trip to one of the public markets in the city. Chef Danny gave us detailed, hands on...

My plan for posting about this trip was to wait until I had started back on the Camino, but I had a great walk around Barcelona on my...

It has almost been 2 years to the date since I started my first journey on the Camino. I am leaving tomorrow to pick up where I left on...

I spent the next four days in Lyon Spain. First thing Monday morning I found a store that sold sunglasses and it really helped to hide...

As Louis says “all the rainbow, to be expected my friend“, he was referring to my black eyes. Before breakfast I packed up my bag and...

Woke up this morning to a black eye, but my goose egg on my forehead has receded some.  I need to be out of my current room by 10:00 am,...

It was a short nights sleep after taking the bus back to Burgos from Porto.  I was up by 5:00 and back out on the Camino by 5:50 after...

Atapuerca is in an area where early cave dwelling’s have been discovered. At the beginning of today’s walk, the climb came right away. My...

I knew that when I left town today that I did not have a place to stay waiting for me down the Camino. The walk started out immediately...

My stay at Pension Toni was great, my room was very small, but it had its own bathroom and a double bed.  My only hesitation would be...

I went to bed last night before the sun went down and I was up and walking an hour before it had come up on the horizon behind me.  I...

I had a terrible nights sleep in Najera last night, the mattress was the worst.  I took the bedding off of the second bed in an attempt...

My hotel was really good last night, my only change would have been an actual double bed instead of 2 twin beds masquerading as a double...

Today I didn’t leave Logrono until 9:00.  The Camino isn’t very well marked through the city and I didn’t want to get lost in the early...

Well I have had the full Camino experience of sleeping in albergues two nights in a row. There were 36 people in my dorm, and at 4:00 am...