Hiking the trail on a rainy day.
Day Forty-One: Palas de Rei to Castenada
We started out in the dark, again, through a little bit of city, but then back onto country paths through wooded areas. We hoped for no rain, but when we…
Galician landscape from the the ruins of Castromaior.
Day Forty: Portomarin to Palas de Rei
Very dark as we left Portomarin this morning, and a pretty steep and challenging climb through a wooded, dark pathway as well. But the light came slowly, as it does…
Santiago Peregrino: Saint James the Pilgrim
Santiago = Saint James
The Camino de Santiago de Compostela is often translated into English as The Way of Saint James. It’s all based on legends for which there is apparently little to no…
An important marker - Only 100km to Santiago (62 miles)
Day Thirty-Nine: Sarria to Portomarin
All in all, the day turned out much better than we expected. We had hoped for no rain in the morning, but going out the door at 8:00 we saw…