I had heard through the grapevine that it was possible to rent a horse at the base of the mountain and ride the 8 kilometers to the top. A friend that had walked before told me the name of the town where to rent the horse. So as I got […]
I woke up at 6am to a massive thunder storm right over head. I decided to wait a little bit before starting to walk. Soon the storm passed and for several hours it was beautiful. This started the last 100 kilometers to Santiago. There were several noticeable differences from the […]
Rainy Day!
Around the first week of my Camino I met a woman who was walking with another group of pilgrims that were going longer distances. We had a brief conversation. She seemed to have a bit of a hard edge to her. The day we met she was waiting on another […]
Beauty in growth
On the Camino most restaurants have a “pilgrim’s menu”. This is really nice with one exception, limited vegetables. If all you like to eat is meat and bread you will do well. So whenever I find an albergue with a kitchen I try to get my veggies. Last night the […]
Food
1 I haven’t posted much recently due to several different factors. Mostly because the cheap replacement phone I purchased doesn’t charge past 5%. I finished my Camino in Santiago this time. I really wanted to continue to Finesterre but about three days before Santiago I began having some rather sever problems […]
It has been a while
So I have been volunteering at albergue La Finca. Last night I was having drinks with some locals and the man that was the hospitalero before I arrived. Another woman he was with started talking on the phone. After a bit of conversation I heard her say something about the […]