He is in control of our days. Hallelujah!!! We awakened this morning in our cute, cute Casa Rural to 3 inches of snow. Snow is predicted all day. Before us lay the last big ascent and descent. We recover quickly but we can sense tiredness in our legs. We are prepared for snow with snow…
And the rest of the quote is: “and leave us pain of promised joy,”. Oh, we had it planned. We had walked two long days of 13 plus miles. Today was a SHORT day. We were just going to walk one village pass the big village. We awaken in Palas de Rei to rain…chilly rain….
We left Porto de Marin this morning about 8:30 a.m. It was raining but we are well equipped for rain. Remember when I told you that one has to walk from Sarria to Santiago to get your “official” status as a pilgrim? The number of pilgrims increased drastically since Sarria. If some of you are…
So…frankly…there is no way to adequately describe Camino. I guess it is sort of similar to describing the smell of a rose and one has never seen a flower or the feel of the wind on the beach if you have never seen the ocean. You want to describe the sensations but words are just…
Those of you who know Ernest know that his sport of choice by far is road cycling. He thrives when he can climb on his bike and pedal away. He is already planning the next Camino on a bike. I would do the muesta on a bike but when it comes to the mountains..well…nope..I will…
Well, sit back and sip a coke or cup of coffee because there is so much to tell you. (Or you can just sign off now and not read this prose. I told you that we are not travelogue fans so you have a choice here ) What a day it was! We like ro…
There are two sides to this title. One side: The Pilgrims…As Ernest and I walked an easy 12 miles today it was so easy to think of the friendships we are making with the pilgrims. As I have mentioned before nationalities from all over this amazing earth are represented. At this point we have only…
I want you to know from the beginning that the title is part “tongue in cheek” and part ABSOLUTE TRUTH. Today this cowboy that I am walking with, namely my husband, decided that we could go ONE more town toward Santiago. It was to be just two more small hills. Didn’t I mention that the…
Ernest and my favorite villages so far are two high altitudes respites called Rabanal de Camino and Acebo. They are located just before the ascent of the mountain we just climbed and just after the steep descent of Monday. The Casa Rurals were quaint and cozy. The food delicious. The pilgrims were friendly and interesting. …
The picture is of our topographical map of our journey today. You see that we had quite a ascent. Let us both tell you about our day. Jan: This was my absolutely favorite day so far. Rabanal was the quaintest village and we woke up to snow. Here we go again…layer after layer after layer….