I have occasionally mentioned my quest for a personal fashion niche. My prayers have been answered, on the camino, no less! A photo very similar to this may appear in the January 25, 2013, issue of Paris Match, if the fashion editors don’t notice it. No names were exchanged. Here are a few more fashion…

The finest restaurants in the world are at the end of a 25 km walk. All along the pilgrimage, restaurants, bars, and pensions offer a Menu del Dia to pilgrims for a price of €8 to €12. This price includes a choice of starter such as soup, spaghetti or salad; main course of thin steak…

Monday was a lazy day – just 17 km, a lot of it downhill as we approached and entered Ponferrada. Weather was mixed with scattered showers, cloud and sun. The large municipal albergue was a little way off the route we took into the city so we used that as an excuse to stay the…

Today was meant to be another easy day, being only our second walking. First a nice 7 km trot under overcast skies. Dressed exactly right. Then another 5 km, planning to have the option of an additional 5 km if all went well. It did go well, so we decided to do the last 5…

The streets and skies of Astorga were wet yesterday morning so we had to don full rain gear. Then we proceeded to put in about 5 km walking from one end of town to the other and back, trying to find a place to get our credentiales – pilgrim passports that we get stamped daily…

This morning awaking in Madrid, we decided to get on with the journey right away. Took a few hours to wend our way to the right bus station and get tickets for the 4-hour trip to Astorga. Then, of course we wandered up and down streets before picking a hotel (I feel it is cheating…