It all seems to be about food for Joost and Joostina on the way to the Camino! (Rather like the character in the movie The Way, we seem to eat our way along the journey) With travelling mascots Mr Bean (3rd Camino) and JomJam. See Full Gallery: Bangkok...
Day 2 of our Camino takes us over the Pyrenees to Roncesvalles. When I walked this section last time, I had glorious blue skies and clear weather and fantastic views, unfortunately this year, we can see about 50 meters in front of us. Basically it was down to low...
Today is another short walk to Zubiri. It should be about 10 kilometers. The only thing that concerns me is the steep downhill section into Zubiri, which I haven't walked before and which apparently can be slippery in the wet. We had a taste of that coming into...
We had a very pleasant walk over Alto del Perdón from Pamplona to Uterga. It was nice to escape the rain until the last hour or so on the way down to Uterga, when the rain became a bit lumpy, in other words hale. It was interesting to see some pilgrims had ridden...
A very short walk today, only about 9 kilometers. But we wanted to have an easy day so that we could take in the church of Santa Maria at Eunate. It was a very pleasant walk across farmland to get there, but just as we arrived two tour buses turned up. Talking to the...
We're losing all track of time... Sorry for the lack of posting. Long story. I'm a lazy blogger! One of my amazing team back at work, Maybelle, very kindly posts my pics and videos and transcribes my audios.... But of course at the weekend that doesn't happen. 😀 We...
I think it got to about 24 today. Really quite warm. I have been carrying two hiking umbrellas and they finally got used today. Awesome! So much more comfortable. No need to wear a hat and much cooler under the umbrella. I got the short handled versions to save...
Many people will argue that the Camino is mainly a physical challenge. Others, me included, that it is more of an emotional challenge, just to keep going day after day. But I think the sad reality is.... it's really a challenge of energy in versus energy out ! Of not...
Another short day for us from Belorado to Villafranca Montes de Oca, just 12 kilometers. It was a very pleasant walk, a little cooler than the previous days. We arrived in Villafranca at about 12:30. We picked a hotel off booking.com called Hotel San...
Having watched the Martin Sheen movie, The Way, at least 20 times, I'm always interested to pass through locations used for the movie. This time we were lucky enough to stay at Hotel Akerreta, which was used for a movie location. And we were lucky to spot a couple of...
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