Miles: 8.4 miles, 13 to 400 feet, up 673 feet, down 545 feet, 6 hours on the trail including stops for breakfast and, later, cold drinksMexican restaurants: 1Breakfasts eaten: 2 eachDifficult-on-the-knees climbing gates to get over: 3 or 4Blue albergues: 1Italian pilgrims met: 2 Another day of beautiful views, this time going right by the
I mentioned in an earlier post how varied each day is in terms of surfaces we walked on. Today I tried to get a photo of each change. It is more than surfaces, it the variety you see each day. Think of it as a day in the life of a pilgrim. It is a
Spain is made up of 17 autonomous regions as shown in map above. More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_communities_of_Spain Two of the more famous of these regions are Andalusia in the south and Catalonia in the north east. There is a strong independence movement in Catalonia and there was a strong one in Basque Country a number of