Day 01. Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port – Roncesvalles
Cold and wet! Not sure what else one should expect from something called Napoleon's route, […]
Day 02. Ronsesvalles – Zabaldika
"I'm really glad I came!" Yes, both to walk CdS again, and also to Zabaldika, […]
Day 03. Zabaldika – Pamplona – Perdón – Uterga
Interacting with people is what this experience teaches you most, I guess. Also about your […]
Day 04. Uterga – Puente la Reina – Estella
Yesterday the only options were at private albergues, so that's where we stayed – in […]
Day 5. Estella – Los Arcos – Sansol
So, first things first. Cardoon, heard of it? Like ever? This or something like this […]
Day 06. Sansol – Logroño – Navarrete
To sum up: It was a memorable one, yes it was, Precious. The first 11km […]
Day 07. Navarrete – Nájera – Cirueña
Much easier day today due to weather being slightly cooler than the surface of the […]
Day 08. Cirueña – Belorado – Tosantos
Going completely native today, because look at this place: This room was empty when I […]
Day 09. Tosantos – Atapuerca
We're cuddled up in front of a fire in an albergue that could have easily […]
Day 10. Atapuerca – Burgos
The proper (both historically accurate and nicer) way between Atapuerca and Burgos is not difficult […]
Day 12. Burgos – Hontanas
Oh, Camino. The only place in the civilised world where it is okay to discuss […]
Day 13. Hontanas – Frómista
So, good morning. It's almost 19, and I just woke up from a nap. Staying […]
Day 14. Frómista – Calzadilla de la Cueza
Started unnecessarily late today. We had decided to give ourselves a bit of a slack […]
Day 15. Calzadilla de la Cueza – Sahagún – Bercianos del Real Camino
We have caught up with the last of the people (or at least the last […]
Day 16. Bercianos del Real Camino – Puente de Villarente
Hard day today, no two ways to say it. Not too much uphill, not too […]
Day 17. Puente de Villarente – León
It is funny how we've never been to León before, but still I keep saying […]
Day 18. León – Hospital de Órbigo
At 6am León is dark and empty, only pilgrims are creeping out of their hostels […]
Day 19. Hospital de Órbigo – Astorga – Rabanal del Camino
12km uphill without breakfast! It is not too great, actually. But the view from here […]
Day 20. Rabanal del Camino – Ponferrada
Rather high altitudes (1400-1500m), looks a bit like home… Mist, wind. But also ruins of […]
Day 21. Ponferrada – Villafranca del Bierzo – Trabadelo
So, today was rather tough, all in all. Lidia's feet are not in the greatest […]
Day 22. Trabadelo – O Cebreiro – Fonfría
Fine day with a varied and beautiful landscape and the ascent rate ranging between gentle […]
Day 23. Fonfría – Sarria – Barbadelo
Remarkable morning today, when we got up at our luxurious home away from home at […]
Day 24. Barbadelo – Portomarín – Airexe
A stage with so much ascent that you almost forget we're generally descending. Like, 800+ […]
Day 25. Airexe – Palas de Rei – Melide – Ribadiso
So, it's another hard day and we're another 30-something kilometers closer to Santiago. The forests […]
Day 26. Ribadiso – Arzúa – Labacolla
8am already, but the fog still makes this morning a mysterious time, especially under the […]
Day 27. Labacolla – Santiago de Compostela
We made it to SdC! We are actually here, which is insane, kind of. Walking […]
Ultreia! (Extension to Fisterra and Muxía)
Day 28. Ultreia: Santiago de Compostela – Negreira
Santiago's gravitational pull is much lighter towards the west: the city disappears as soon as the historical center ends. The forest is as magnificent as […]
Epilogue
Santiago's earthly remains were translated from Jerusalem back to Hispania, translation being "relocation without transformation or reorientation" – that is for sure valid to say, not much transformation can happen to a dead body. We have now entered the portal of the modern day translation by the power of transportation technology and although very much alive will try to translate back home with as little transformation or reorientation as possible. The […]
Before we actually started…
Help!
One thing that is very much on my mind these days is this: I look at this pair of Altras and trying to assert if […]
