I have to catch up with the posts! As we approach and enter Galicia, the amount of water in the environment increases. The camino follows and crisscrosses rivers and streams, and streams of water cross our path. There was a high overcast on the hike up to O Cebreiro. We missed Easter Sunday services, but…

From Villafranca there are 3 routes to choose from: the traditional valley bottom route, which I have enjoyed twice in the past; the Dragonte route than goes way up and way down several times too many;  and the Camino Duro, which is somewhere in between,  although the name is a bit off-putting. We took the…

Did you see that? We did all 32 km walking!!! Going through an agricultural area, we spent quite a bit of time examining the irrigation system. This is the way one passes the time (and learns a lot) on a long walk. A farmer told me they couldn’t harvest last year’s sugar beets until now…

We will switch to the Camino Frances, where logistics should be easier. So, from Baños we took a bus to Salamanca to spend a night, and then will go to Leon.  The rest of Plan B has not become evident yet! In Salamanca I walked down to the Roman Bridge crossing the river, to see…

We wandered around Hervás,  where the Jewish quarter from the 1400s (before their expulsion) has been well preserved. Then we strolled down the hill to rejoin the Via de la Plata and then walked only to Baños de Montemayor. We didn’t get very far off the highway. Here we are 3 women and 3 men…

Today was an excellent day. The skies were blue and we were  rested after the night at Albergue Cañaveral, which was a better experience than the 4 star hotel.  The walking was almost entirely on dirt paths or roads through light forest and farms. We took the “new” route at the double gate at “Cuatro…