Today was a rest-up acclimatization day, after the flight to Madrid and 3-hour bus to Mérida. Some hostals and hotels were full because of the half-marathon taking place today. We stayed in the Hostal Salud (private room and bathroom) for €35. It’s OK. Spent the day wandering around the Roman ruins. The amphitheater is very…
Now, only 3 months after returning from Spain, I’m about to go again. Tomorrow I fly from Toronto to Spain with my sister-in-law MB, and on Monday we begin walking north out of Merida on the Via de la Plata*. Why so soon? Having been several times on the Camino Frances in late autumn, I…
Warning – This post will be boring unless you are a Camino fan. I started at St. Jean Pied de Port on October 14 and arrived in Santiago on November 27, exactly 6 weeks and almost 800 km later. For me, 6 weeks was the right amount of time. I found that 20 km/day was a…
Well, it’s done – 790 km, according to my guide book! I’ll have more to say later, I hope, but wanted at least to make a post to announce my arrival in Santiago. Having done the heroic job of posting every day of my Camino, I don’t expect to keep it up!
The weather was back to great today – cool and crisp at times, but mostly sunny. As my last cow photo of the season (unless something really interesting happens tomorrow) here is a woman taking her cows out for a walk. Do you think that is a pooper-scooper bag in her right hand. Today included…
The subject of today’s post is WET. That should be no surprise when you put the words Galicia and November together. Same as Vancouver and November. No Camino would be complete without a long wet day. The photos cannot communicate the overall dampness, boot-squishiness, rain-jacket-claminess and fogged-up glasses of the day. It was cool (about…
Back to normal work walking today. Since my rest day, my friend NY-J has caught up so I expect we’ll walk into Santiago together. Although there are more people on the trail since Sarria, the mood is quite solitary (partly because of the iffy weather) and many/most places are closed. One can’t count on accommodation…
Remember that fabulous dinner last night? Well? It didn’t agree with me so I had a bad night. Good thing I had the room to myself. I am wondering if the strange (to me) mushrooms on the veggie platter were a problem. Even though I’ve been trying to push ahead before the rain comes, and…
Seeing Clarely 