Month: April 2013

Charlie: We planned very carefully at home, with our high speed Internet, and things worked well. With iffy or no Internet, not so much. New plan : post text only first and add photos and videos as we can. I… Continue Reading →

We hiked 7.5 miles and felt pretty good. The day was beautiful sunny and warm. The hike was through beautiful mountain country. Here is Wynette at the start of the Camino.

We are having problems adding photos to the blog. Please excuse strange looking posts.

April 3, 2013. Wynette: Check out the blue sky. We were lucky to have perfect weather on our first day. This is where we started walking on the Camino. First of many signs pointing the way. And only 490 kilometros… Continue Reading →

Charlie: We got to Roncesvalles at 7:15 in a light rain. We walked over to the big building and nearly everyone turned right into the alburgue (dorm for pilgrims) and we turned left into the Hotel Roncesvalles. It was only… Continue Reading →

Charlie: We were waiting for the bus at the airport when we saw a couple with backpacks and reading Brierly, the most popular Camino guide. They were from Canada and we’re going to Pamplona and staying there, the first other… Continue Reading →

Hi Charlie: From Madrid we had a six hour bus ride to Pamplona. On the three hour layover we got our Spanish SIM cards and some very nice pinxos, the Basque word for tapas. Then another hour bus ride to… Continue Reading →

Charlie: We had good flights this time. Two hours to Chicago, 5 hour layover and 8 hours to Madrid. Of course you don’t sleep much on a plane to Europe, maybe 2 to three hours. I listen to Nature’s pace… Continue Reading →