Today was a day of esperando. That is the Spanish word for waiting. Coincidentally it is also the word for hoping. How civilized that is, using your waiting time for hoping.    It was a better day for esperando than walking as, it was raining.   We booked a room close to the train station…

18.1 K   We were the last to leave at 9:00am, noticing that nobody had taken advantage of 9e brekkie. The Irish group told us they were first quoted 16e! Instead we stopped at the adjacent Repsol gas station/mini mart and bought a two pack of Danone rice pudding.   Our strategy of leaving late…

  23.2k   Our elegant accommodation at Os Miguelinos came with a fitting breakfast.   We took our time, starting our walk at 10:00 a.m., the same time as a community 10k walk with at least 150 participants.  It was ironic as we chose this route for a less populated Camino, but admirable to see…

  24.1+3.25 for morning hiccups 27.35k (no wonder my feet hurt)   Such a nice evening last night at Hotel Restaurante Luz Da Luna, located on a strip of beach hotels and camp grounds that bustle in season. For now it was totally quiet. We may have been the only ones in the hotel and…

22.3k   Apologies for the delay, reception has been challenging, and the formatting has been affected.    Guest blog post by Chuck: We spent the night in the peace and comfort of the Mosterio on a mountainside as Li has described. We knew that by the evening we should be seaside so pretty good chance…

13k   What a magical day on the Camino. We left the parade of pilgrims to turn onto the Spiritual Variant of the Camino Portuguese Route. After leaving the hotel in Pontevedra, I saw a familiar person in the distance. “That can’t be Robin, can it?” I asked C. Sure enough we caught up with…

I can’t believe on our last Camino we didn’t have a rest day until after 10 days of walking. This is our second rest day. Perhaps it’s due to the repetitive incline, maybe the heat, rain and humidity. Regardless, it was needed.   We took it easy, walking a bit to run errands. Yes, even…

20.6 K   We woke up dark and early, and used our pink kitchen one last time. The cupboards are really pink, not painted.  It served us well. I made pork chops and pimientos last night, we ate two and used the leftovers for sandwiches for lunch. For brekkie we had bread, cheese and jam…

15.5 K   Camino lessons learned today:   You can pack a lot of incline into a shorter distance. Sometimes you have to make the same mistake over and over to learn your lesson: don’t trust Accuweather. It was a tough day, initially in the rain, followed by high humidity. It felt like we swam…

 16.1k   When we walk such a rural route I can’t shake this preschool song in my ear: I say good morning to the sun, good morning to the hills, good morning to the chickies and the hens….” The ear worm today should have been The Rain in Spain. I am so thankful for my…