Back to Santiago de Compostela (taxi again)
I am sitting at the Santiago airport waiting for our Madrid flight on Friday morning. We arrived back to Santiago yesterday at 1115 am and our hotel was in the San Agostina square and...
Walk With Me to Santiago De Compostela Blog
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Muxia 17 mile taxi ride
We are coming to the end this amazing journey through Spain. Per our guidebook, Muxía (pop. 4,596) is built on a narrow neck of land pointing north into the Atlantic. One side holds a...
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Fisterre. AKA Finesterre 50 mile taxi ride.
I could not get enough of the Santiago Cathedral, so this morning, Kathryn and I headed back to the 7:30 Mass. It was not as formal as the noon Mass yesterday. We did get...
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Part Two Santiago.
We enjoyed our day in Santiago. I could bore y’all with the history of Santiago but I won’t so please go to the Google and read about it if you’re interested in Saint James...
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Santiago de Compostela 7.8 miles
I actually have tears in my eyes writing this post. I have no plans to get emotional here but I truly cannot believe that our journey to Santiago is complete. I’m sitting inside the...
O Pedrouzo (O Pino) 16.9 miles
We were supposed to walk 12 miles to O Pino. Kathryn came up with the brilliant idea to walk 5 extra miles today to make our walk into Santiago tomorrow only 7 miles. We...
Arzua 18.5 miles
We left Palas del Rei about 645 am. We could see an almost full moon when we woke up. Today was again perfect walking weather with the sun partly shining. Even though it was...
Palas del Rei 16.5 miles
Today is our 31st day of walking with 3 more days to go to Santiago de Compostela. I thought today’s hike was amazing. We started out with fog and then the sun came out...
Portomarín 14 miles
I loved today. We had amazing weather. It was perfectly chilly with the sun shining pretty much all day and all afternoon. The warmth was quite welcomed. The hike today of “rolling hills” had...
Sarria 11.7 miles
+ over a mile to get lunch lol but who’s counting? I loved today even though the forecast said zero rain and also said it would be 68 F in Sarria. Remember when I...
Triacastela 13.8 miles
Today was a fun hike. We have read over and over again that the sunrise in O Cebreiro is unbelievable. I am certain it must be when there is no fog. We still got...
O Cebreiro 18.4 miles
Today was another amazing day. We had sunshine! The walk was mostly asphalt leaving Villafranc, a long time along the road, then through small towns which was not the best part. The final 5-6...
Villafranc del Hierzo 15.3 miles
Today was magnificent. We had cool walking weather and only about 5 minutes of rain and the sun finally showed up as we entered Villafranc. We walked through so many beautiful small towns along...
Ponferrada 13 miles
We were so excited to wake up early for the sunrise for the famous Cruz de Ferro, the iconic iron cross. The weather was against us from the get go. We started at 645...
Foncesbadon 16.6 miles
Leaving Astorga we passed Iglesia de San Pedro de Rectivia. Per the Google this church has foundations in the Middle Ages; people founded it then to serve pilgrims on the Camino. In recent decades,...
