Hi Pelegrnos! The Taylor’s are off again for a short trek around the Pyrenees. We arrive in St. John Pied de Port on Sunday the 19th and will leave via Pamplona late the next Friday to get back to two grandchildren who live in Belgium. It is hard to describe how the Camino “speaks” to…
What have we learned in five days of pilgrimage? One thing we know for certain is this is different from hiking. We can’t really put our thoughts around it! Why is it different? Sometimes we talk about St. James. One of the brothers that Jesus called the sons of thunder. Their name indicate that they…
We have spent a day resting after attending mass at the cathedral last night. The cathedral and mass were simply surreal. The building and altar are amazingly beautiful. They are under restoration and Ernest and I who are HUGE Daniel Silva,the author, fans could see Gabriel Atton restoring the priceless frescos. Unbeknownest to us the…
We started very early. It was sort of hard to believe that this is our last day. Our packs were familiar. We found our waking rhythm quickly. It is NOT flat to Santiago. There was one small mountain and six giant hills. Someone said that pilgrimages always end high as you have to ascend to…
We trekked today from Arzua to o Pedrouzo. Spanish weathermen and American weathermen are from the same school. There was 100% chance of rain today and frigid weather. God decided to bless us with NO rain and the sun shone most of the day. Do not think for one minute that we didn’t appreciate God’s…
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…
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…
Today on Camino our second handsome grandson, Price Daniel Taylor, became five years old. It crushes us to not be there with him. We hope someday that he will be proud of us for this adventure. Happy birthday, Price! You are one amazing boy! For those following us on the Camino. We started today in Sarria…