El Camino – Bonus Day 38

Santiago de Compostela - Fisterra - (el Faro) 2h in a bus + a 7-km round-trip walk to the lighthouse. 6 - 19°C., foggy in the morning, very sunny in the afternoon. Favorites: watch the sun win over the fog and warm everything up in the afternoon; go to the beach and take a swim, [...]

El Camino – Day 37

Lavacolla - Santiago de Compostela 10 kms (total: 806 kms, according to my cell-phone counter; guides and maps say 854 kms; the pilgrim's office says 845 kms!) 2 hours and 22 minutes (+ 40 minutes of breakfast and photo breaks). 6 - 23°C., sunny all day. Favorites: I DID IT! WE DID IT! How wonderful, [...]

El Camino – Day 36

Salceda - (Boavista) - Lavacolla 16 kms (total: 796 kms). + 4 kms round-trip back to Boavista to meet up with Michael and take part in his Wise Pilgrim Portrait Project. 3 hours and 44 minutes (+ 2h20 of Wise Pilgrim Portrait Project photo shoot, lunch and photo breaks). 6 - 22°C., overcast all day. Favorites: [...]

El Camino – Day 35

Puente Campaña - Salceda 34 kms (total: 780 kms). 8 hours (+ 2h of breakfast, lunch and photo breaks). 8 - 22°C., overcast all day, with fog and a slight drizzle in the afternoon. Favorites: wake up to another beautiful sunrise; walk on my own first, before Tatiana and Marlón catch up with me with [...]

El Camino – Day 34

Gonzar - Puente Campaña 20 kms (total: 746 kms). 4 hours and 38 minutes (+ 1h of breakfast and photo breaks). 6 - 22°C., sunny all day. Favorites: see the sunrise above a sea of clouds; leave after all the other "new" pilgrims did at the darkest hour of dawn (why? why do they do [...]