We were greeted at 7:30 am by the host at our rural hotel where we were the only guests. He got up and had breakfast ready for us, including breads, coffee, cold cuts and yoghurt. We enjoyed the treat but did not eat all that he expected from previous pilgrims. Alice gave him information to …
October 4, 2022. We were sad to leave the city of Gijon. Such a beautiful city, yet at the same time with an industrial edge to it, and not known outside of Spain. It has some of the same charms as San Sebastian with a long elegant promenade frequented by residents in the late afternoon …
October 3, 2022 Last night, as I sat typing the yesterday days’s post in the closed cafeteria of Hotel de España, the room was filled with family sounds. Three generations were gathered around a board game laughing, cajoling and enjoying each other’s company. Earlier, when I asked if I could use the table to write …
October 2, 2022. Our day started with food uncertainty. We packed up and left a beautiful rural hotel near La Isla, but uncertain of where to get breakfast or buy food for a difficult mountainous trek without access to many services. There were no markets in our town and all were closed as we walked …
October 1, 2022. Today we crossed an important landmark — we’ve passed the halfway mark in the 850 km walk to Santiago Campostela. But today’s walk of 30 km was not easy. We emerged from our albergue(hostel) in the dim predawn light and used headlamps to navigate the rocky path up to a monastery where …
After arriving in Llanes last night and getting some snacks in our room, the sun finally came out for about 5 minutes. It was a hopeful sign! This morning we awoke well rested and with no major physical problems. We were prepared for all morning rain, but when we emerged from the hotel and walked …
September 29, 2022. We arose from our tidy little apartment at the usual time and headed off for the gas station -Carrefour combo about 1 km down the highway. It’s so surprising to have an elegant bar, restaurant and deli in a gas station off the freeway, and to be open all day! We had …
September 28, 2022. We arose very rested from very comfortable beds in a very discounted luxury hotel, which we couldn’t pass up at 53 Euro per night. But we did not wait around for their late breakfast, rather walking along the waterfront to a bar frequented by fishermen. There, our morning shot of espresso and …
September 27, 2022 I was not sad to leave our cigarette smoke laden rental apartment in Cobreces. We had a single cup of coffee from some old ground coffee in the apartment. We were resigned to a sparse breakfast due to lack of groceries nearby. As we headed west along CA-131 we expected to be …
The weather continues to turn towards cold, windy and wet. It’s hard to believe that we started out with 95 degrees in San Sebastian and now start our days in the low 50’s and light rain. Once again we heard the rain hitting our hotel windows during the night. We lucked out with a very …
