Day: April 18, 2013

Charlie: Brierly, our guru for all things Camino, has not much good to say about stage 10, from Santo Domingo de la Calzada to Belgrade, mostly a path along a busy road, so we are going to take the bus… Continue Reading →

Charlie: we have been impressed at the high quality of the signs on the Camino. It seems like whenever you are wondering whether you are still on the Camino a sign shows up to tell you that you are, unless,… Continue Reading →

Wynette: We are seeing more flowers. The poppies and lilacs and redbud and fruit trees are blooming. Today I think I saw a stork flying. Haven’t yet seen one up close. We hear lots of birds singing.  Today passed a… Continue Reading →

Wynette: Night before last we stayed in Navarrete. This was the pretty view from our hostal window. We went inside that church earlier in the day. It was spectacular. I’m amazed what large, beautiful churches these tiny towns have. Of… Continue Reading →

Wynette: In books we read by people who have walked the Camino, occasionally they would mention that they started out in the morning before the coffee places opened so they had to walk to the next town before having any… Continue Reading →

Charlie: Or whatever the plural is. We have been starting early so we are walking with groups of other pilgrims. There are seven in the distance. Notice the long shadows.

Charlie: We started at 780 so we passed 200 km today. We were talking to a pilgrim from Canada who said she liked km because they were shorter.  This is at about 7:15 this morning.

There are services to transfer packs and tired pilgrims. The taxi ad below was slapped onto one of the camino markers a few miles before the next town at a point one might be tempted to call. Another taxi opportunity… Continue Reading →