camino de santiago
Portuguese Camino Day9: An Enchanted Night at Casa Alternativo
DAY 9: SÃO PEDRO DA TORRE, PORTUGAL –ORBENLLE, SPAIN 12.2 miles. 36,181 steps. The jailed Jesus Caged Stone Crosses and Crucifixes On the hour long walk to Valença do Minho...
Portuguese Camino Day8: The Second Third Begins
DAY 8: CAMINHA - SÃO PEDRO DA TORRE,16 miles, 35,820 steps. Leaving the municipal albergue in Caminha, we follow a riverbank bordered by an incredibly long bench that stretches between...
Portuguese Camino Day7: Exploring the Local Culture
DAY 7 - CARREÇO TO CAMINHA 10 miles 21. 992 steps. Leaving around 8am it is already getting hot, but thankfully there are several forest walks, but also several climbs....
Portuguese Camino Day6: Our World’s Third Most Beautiful Panoramic View
DAY 6: AMBROSIA TO CARREÇO - 13.28 miles 29,707 steps. After a restorative stay in a proper hotel, with a bathtub, dinner and breakfast, we took a rideshare and yellow...
Portuguese Camino Day4 – Ocean, Forest, and Fão
DAY 4 – AGUÇADOURA - FÃO 7 miles, 19206 steps. We could have slept late as today was going to be a just an 8 mile walk but the albergue...
Portuguese Camino Day1: The Camino Begins
Day 1 - PORTO TO MATOSINHOS, 5.85 miles 14,478 steps, 167 miles to go. Steve & Suzanne in front of the Porto Cathedral waiting to meet the grumpy ticket lady...
No Pain No Rain No… Spain?
No Pain, No Rain, No... Spain? It's official: I've completed the Camino de Santiago! Though I hiked the Camino as part of the 4,000-mile Trans European Alpine Route, it's a...
Camino Day 6: ‘Peppy Not Poopy’ all the way to Santiago
The theme of the day was coined by Mary in the morning as (and I quote) 'peppy not poopy' in reference to bathroom and Coca Cola stops all morning. That's...
Camino Day 5: From Hot Springs to Peppers and Monasteries
Each day is becoming harder and harder to remember, as if they're all becoming one blur! Mary and I have been having a great time out here, and it's weird...
Camino Day 4: Cafe Oases
Today was a loooong hot day on the Camino, so vamos lets step out some miles! The clockwork morning routine The morning routine has been becoming more and more seamless...