Month: April 2013

Waiting for a bus. Looking at his phone.

Charlie: Our last hotel had malfunctioning wifi and was very slow. It was the weekend so they couldn’t get it fixed. But Dropbox came through again and managed to upload our media. Kudos to the Dropbox engineers. The app handles… Continue Reading →

Charlie: One book about the Camino said the easiest way to know who the English speaking pilgrims are is to look for the orange-yellow cover of the ubiquitous Camino guide by John Brierly. It is by far the most popular… Continue Reading →

Charlie: “For Sale” – we see this sign and variations of it everywhere. I can see one out the window as I write in Viana and there were many in the tiny Torres del Rio. The real estate crash has… Continue Reading →

Charlie: What a nice sounding phrase, but with some issues when you are walking. Our guidebook has these wonderful charts of the elevation changes for each days walk but they don’t show all the small ups and downs along the… Continue Reading →

Here’s Charlie and view from table.

Wynette: Even though it is disappointing not to be covering the kilometers faster, we are having a great time. Each day when we set out, I feel happy to be walking again. (I was going to say “my heart soars”… Continue Reading →

Wynette: We only walked a little over 5 miles today. It was either that or 11 miles and it seems lately my poor right foot can only go 6 or 7 miles without serious protest. I can push it another… Continue Reading →