CAMINO DE SANTIAGO DAY 24: MANSILLA DE LAS MULAS TO LEÓN Truth be told, today is the first time I thought to myself, “What the hell was I thinking signing up for this?!” It didn’t last long, but it crossed … Continued
DAY 20: BOADILLA DEL CAMINO TO CARRION DE LOS CONDES Our morning starts with a hot cup of cafe con leche (coffee with milk), an orange juice and one piece of toast with butter and strawberry jelly. Breakfast is usually … Continued
DAY 17: BURGOS TO HORNILLOS DEL CAMINO Crunch, crunch, crunch. Chomp, chomp, chomp. As I stomp on the small pebbles below my feet, I begin to hear an American Indian chant as we keep our pace. Ay-yah-ya-ya-ya-ya Ay-yah-ya-ya-ya-ya I have … Continued
DAY 15 & 16: AGES TO BURGOS Are we in Chicago? It was cloudless and in the seventies for weeks and now we find ourselves in thirty degree windy weather. The forecast called for a wintry mix and we got … Continued
DAY 13: REDILLA DEL CAMINO TO VILLAFRANCA MONTES DE OCA It’s our first cloudy day so I must take a picture. Ha! I shouldn’t joke because the forecast for the next few days shows rain and even snow one day. … Continued
DAY 11: VENTOSA TO CIRUENA Today began with a wake up call of Gregorian chanting monks at about 6 am at the Albergue San Saturnino. The night before at dinner we spotted fried eggs on the breakfast menu and decided … Continued
DAY 9: TORRES DEL RIO TO LOGRÕNO As we leave Torres Del Rio at sunrise, we hear the call of a cuckoo bird. I have never heard one in real life, only from a cuckoo clock and I have to … Continued
Day 7: Cirauqui to Villamayor de Monjardin (Luquin) The highlights of today are that we managed to walk over 16 miles, found the magical monk wine spigot, and were denied lodging because all the alburgues were full (aka completo)! The … Continued