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Mass at the Cathedral!
We got our pilgrim passports first thing in the morning. We heard from Justina last night that there is a pilgrim mass at 7:30 am so we woke up early again instead of sleeping in late. We got ready early, walked to the cathedral but there were no pilgrim mass early in the morning. The […]
Day 32. July 17. We reached Santiago!
Happy Pilgrims begin singing near the end of the Camino! Santiago at last!!!!! The walk today was very nice, through a lot of woodland paths. The weather was overcast then windy then light rain. It was colder than usual. We said goodbye to many friends and other pilgrims as we approached Santiago. There were many […]
Day 29. July 14. Portomarin to Palas de Rei. 41 miles to go!
We had dinner last night with a father and son pilgrims from Texas. They went to Pamplona to participate in the run of the bulls themselves. Listening to their story was so scary. The day they ran, one person died for the first time in 15 years in Pamplona! The after said when the bell […]
Day 28. July 13. Sarria to Portomarin. 56 miles to go!
We left Sarria where the majority of Pilgrims begin the Camino to make the 100 kilometer pilgrimage to gain entrance to the cathedral of St James in Santiago. We are meeting lots of fresh faces and miss not seeing the seasoned travelers of the last 28 days The soles of my boots are starting to […]
Day 27. July 12. Triacastela to Sarria! 70 miles to go!!
Major hold up on the Camino today! Cow crossing that slowed an already slow progress. We are now in Sarria with 70 miles to go! Magic on the Camino! We started out later this morning but we know the day’s is somewhat shorter today. It was a very pleasant walk into Sarria. We had […]
Day 26. July 11. O’Cebreiro to Triacastela. 82 miles to go!
What an day we had yesterday on out most strenuous day of the camino. We can not say we were not forewarned. But still we did not expect it to be as difficult as it was!!!! All I remembered was I woke up this morning all dressed ready to go! Not because I was a […]
Day 25. July 10. We reached the 100 mile mark to go on a very tough day to reach O’Cebreiro!
It was our toughest day walking well over 20 miles up hill all day for 12 hours! Miss Ly is out of commission and I hope she will finish the blog tomorrow! We reached the 100 mile mark to go! It is a tradition to leave a stone […]
Day 14. June 29, Castrojeviz to Fromista. 265 miles to go.
For dinner last night I decided to order a mixed seafood paella! The server apologized profusely for opening the wrong kind of red wine. For paella, you have to drink a different kind of red wine. It’s also served in a larger glass, like the one we serve a full bodied Cabernet in the […]
Day 13. July 28th. Hornillos del Camino to Castrojeriz. 280 miles to go
Our shadows leading the way on our early morning start We woke up to a very cold morning in la casa El molino. We had no idea this very idyllic country setting was the very setting for the movie “the way”. The lady of the house described to us in Spanish where Martin Sheen was […]