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DAY 14: MONDAY, MAY 1, 2017 SUNNY AND COOL Another adventure awaits! As we left Najara, we saw the preparations being made for the May Day festival.  We were a little bummed that we didn’t get to experience the festival but needed to get some miles in today. This is a portable oven. They useContinue reading “Najara to Cireuna”

DAY 13: SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2017 CLOUDY AND OVERCAST Got an early start … the Muni boots everyone out by 8am. We stopped in Ventosa for breakfast. Smoothies for breakfast. Met some German people who were using a cart to transport their backpacks. They let us try it and it is very light.  Newly plantedContinue reading “Naverette to Najera”

DAY 12: SATURDAY, APRIL 28 SUNNY It took forever to walk through Logrono which had a fairly good size downtown area. We stopped at a church that had an original Michael Angelo painting. It was sealed behind glass and vaulted doors. To view it cost .50 euro and it had to be a .50 euroContinue reading “Logrono to Naverette”

DAY 11: FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 2017 SUNNY AND COOL Beautiful day and another adventure ahead. Camino honor system. People were nice enough to leave out fruit and beverages for the early morning pilgrims. You would just take what you wanted and leave the payment in the shell. On the way out of Sansol through TorresContinue reading “Sansol to Logrono”

DAY 10: THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2017 ClOUDY AND OVERCAST Here’s a hold over photo from last night at the bar where we had dinner. It’s the popular beers! Love that Sputnik logo. This. is the 41 percent beer.  I can’t imagine what that tastes like. Lots of vineyards and hills on the hike today. ​Continue reading “Villamayor de Montjardin to Sansol”

I MISS YOU ALL! Hi there! Hope you all are eating your corn and minding your manners — no pirate (elbows on the table), no spin cycle (eating with your mouth open) and stay in your seats (hahah). I was at a small restaurant in Naverette, Spain. I asked the waitress what the most popularContinue reading “Shout Out To The Amazing Kids at Meadowbrook.”

Day 9, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 2017 CLOUDY AND SPRINKLES Our good weather luck changed. This morning it’s chilly and we’re ready for rain. Enroute to Villamayor. My lovely hunchback rain pancho. We wandered into a blacksmith shop. Jesus had a show room full of artwork he has made. I really liked this floor lamp thatContinue reading “Estella to Villamayor”

DAY 8: TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 2017 OVERCAST AND GRAY SKY By this time, we’re starting to wonder about the mileage. We took a second look at the guide book and it defined the way they counted miles. It was a straight line beginning and ending at the most popular Albuergue. That would be “as theContinue reading “Lorca to Estella”

DAY 7: MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2017 SUNNY We were all gung-ho to make some good mileage. We had planned to make it to Villatuerta. For the most part it was a wonderful walk. Unfortunately, I don’t have many photos because I was having memory issues with my phone.  The trail is accented with red poppies.Continue reading “Uterga to Lorca”

DAY 6: SUNDAY, APRIL 23, 2017 SUNNY Fortunately, our hotel was on the outward bound side of Pamplona. We were heading uphill through three small towns and then to Alto del Perdon. Off in the distance we could see the wind turbines. They looked so far away. It was a very steep climb. It wasContinue reading “Pamplona to Uterga”

DAY 5: APRIL 22, 2017 SUNNY This was our first rest day and it was much needed. Yesterday’s 20 mile hike into Pamplona was a killer. I could hardly walk today. One toe was bruised and purple. It looked like it was ready to explode. The other foot had some major blister action going. WeContinue reading “Pamplona”

DAY 4: FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 2017 SUNNY This was a very long day. Beautiful hiking trails and we wandered to an Abbey church and monastery from the 1300s that was being restored by a man from South Africa. He bought it from the bishop about 2-3 years ago and now lives there. He has excavatedContinue reading “Zubiri to Pamplona”

Day 3: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2017 SUNNY Loved the Albuergue at Roncevalle monastery. The lights went on at 6am. A man came through strumming his guitar and singing, “Morning Has Broken”. It was a sweet way to be awakened. We walked to the nearest village. On our way we saw a bus load of KoreansContinue reading “Roncevalle to Zubiri”

ORRISON, FRANCE Day 2:  APRIL 19, 2017 Lights on at 6am. Everyone was up and moving. Beautiful sunrise over the Pyrenees. We trudged up our first hill. Had a wonderful rest at the Virgin of Orrison. There were a few families camped there. Lots of kids and the women were all wearing skirts even theContinue reading “Orrison to Roncesvalle”

ST. JEAN PdP, FRANCE DAY 1: TUESDAY, APRIL 18 It was a quiet night, especially because I had two sets of earplugs in my ears. Lights were flashing all over the room. The rowdy fans had their headlamps on and were packing up at 6am. We were tired and didn’t start rolling out until aboutContinue reading “ST. JEAN PIED-DE-PORT TO ORISSON”

PARIS, FRANCE MONDAY, APRIL 17 Our plane landed early around 7am and we easily found the train station at terminal 2. What was not so easy to find was an ATM that would accept my travel card. I felt like I was in Vegas doing the slot machines. After a lot of frustration and manyContinue reading “Arriving at Our Starting Point”

It’s been a fun week connecting with friends and family — no good byes just see you later. Two months will go by fast. 

We do know the way to Santiago. On the Camino, you follow yellow arrows for 500 miles. Even though we can’t take our guidebooks with because they’re too heavy, I do have a lightweight Michelin Camino map that we will be using. It shouldn’t be too difficult to find our way. We do know the way toContinue reading “Do You Know the Way to San Jose??”