Month: May 2013

Wynette: Two things I’ve been trying to work with on the Camino are taking things as they come and letting go. Taking things as they come: You haul yourself up a steep hill and finally at the top you see… Continue Reading →

Wynette: We’ve been surprised how it’s taken us some time to learn a few practical things. We thought we’d list some things here we wish we’d known earlier in case you are planning to do the Camino. 1) If a… Continue Reading →

Charlie

Wynette: We haven’t been blogging much recently. Charlie hasn’t been feeling well for a few days but he’s wanted to keep going. Also we’ve increased our daily kilometerage a bit. So we often get into a town very tired. We… Continue Reading →

Wynette: On this trip we have walked through several regions of Spain. (Here is a map of the regions of Spain.) Most regions contain a number of provinces. On April 3 we started walking in the Basque region of Navarra.… Continue Reading →

Charlie: We are slowly getting used to using kilometers but usually convert things to miles. Even the British and the Aussies know about kilometers so we are really alone with the miles. And talking to some Germans it took me… Continue Reading →

Charlie: This is not Camino related but I had to mention another road movie showing how it is all about the music. In Cameron Crowe’s Almost Famous there is a touching scene where everyone is tired and they are on… Continue Reading →

Charlie: One of the great things about the Camino is all the services set up for pilgrims. One of these is the albergues. These are the places with lots of bunk beds in large rooms. You get a mattress, the… Continue Reading →

Charlie: some of the books talked about threatening dogs on the Camino. This one didn’t seem like too much of a threat but we were cautious anyway 😉 Wynette, posted July 29, 2013: When we were reading about the camino… Continue Reading →

Charlie: We see signs like this a lot. Not sure what all the languages are. We are close to Galicia and they have their own language.