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April 9, 2018 Scenic start to the day. Very lush and green thanks to all the rain. Back on the pavement. Chapel and cemetary Dark gray moody sky. We had half rain, half sun and a few threatening clouds. We don’t know what these things are. They look like giant burrs … they’re about 2”Continue reading “Olevieroa to Moranos”

8 APRIL 2018 Another foggy, rainy morning as we leave Dumbría. This is the courtyard in front of the church. It looks like they have grown the tree branches together. When it all blooms it looks very nice. This Is the church of St. Eulalia. It has a lot of charm. Even though it wasContinue reading “Dumbria To Olieviroa”

7 April 2018 QUINTANS Our camino started with a beautiful walk into town. The church was locked so we could only admire it from the outside. Sun with dark clouds … very typical of our Camino so far. At the end of the road is our marker with our arrow direction. Out in the woodsContinue reading “Quintans to Dumbria”

6 APRIL 2018   We had a bacon & egg breakfast at one of the local Muxia restaurants. This breakfast included a lifetime supply of bacon. Peggy with Noelia, our helpful new friend who worked at the front desk at Muxia Mare which is owned by her family. Noelia has a younger brother named BlaséContinue reading “Muxia to Quintans”

5 April 2018 Calla Lillies grow wild everywhere. Passing some pilgrims on a muddy road on the way to Muxia. Euchaliptis trees are common on the Camino. These were very large and tall. Oftentimes the bark has peeled off. We walked by lots of fields. That structure in the middle is a horreo. They areContinue reading “Lires to Muxia”

4 April 2018 Started the day with breakfast at the albuergue.  Time to get on the road. We started walking along the shoreline of the Atlantic Ocean … heading to Lires. Here’s our turn off, at the cross right before the beach. Camino marker confirms that were on the right road. Just before the turn,Continue reading “Finisterre to Lires”

3 APRIL 2018 SANTIAGO, SPAIN Still raining. We made our way to the bus station. The plan was to catch a bus to Finisterre which is where we would start walking our Camino. We arrived at the bus station early, bought our tickets and waited for our 10:00 am bus. Somehow, it came and went.Continue reading “On to Finisterre”

2 APRIL 2018, MADRID By 7:00 am, Ellen was on her flight back to the United States and Terry’s plane was getting ready to land around 9:00 am. Later that day, we would all be flying to Santiago. The plan was for me to meet Terry at the airport when she arrived to pick upContinue reading “Ellen Leaves, Theresa Arrives”

1 APRIL 2018 We got up early to go to the El Rastro market. It is the most popular open air flea market in Madrid and it is held every Sunday, even on Easter. It opens at 9:00 am and we arrived at about that time. The market sprawls through the streets and seems likeContinue reading “Easter Sunday in Madrid”

We are keeping in touch with Robin and Kevin via “WhatsApp”.  (They are the hikers from Superior, Wisconsin that we met at the REI store in Bloomington). They left home the same day we did and are walking Camino Frances starting in St. Jean Pied-de-Port which is the 500 mile Camino Terry and I walked lastContinue reading “The Superior Hikers on Camino Frances”

31 March 2018 Today we are going touring with Diane’s cousin Mariano. We grabbed breakfast at El Cardena which is across from our hotel. They gave us tapas while we waited for our breakfast orders. We were to meet Mariano at the palace. We were early and while we waited, we saw the changing ofContinue reading “Holy Saturday in Madrid”

30 March 2018 We are meeting Diane’s cousin Mariano at 10:30 am today. Ooops! We overslept and now were meeting him at 1:00 instead. Everybody was up and ready to roll by 10:30. We headed to the San Miguel Market for breakfast but stopped at an interesting bakery. For the Easter holiday they make somethingContinue reading “Good Friday in Spain”

3 APRIL 2018 Adventures in Plaza Mayor and the Market We started the day around 10:00 am with a walk down to Plaza Mayor to the San Miguel market. Veronica and Andrea joined us today. They are from Mexico but lived in San Diego for many years. Andrea is a friend of Ellen’s daughter CarlyContinue reading “Holy Thursday in Madrid”

1 APRIL 2018 After flying all night, Diane and I arrived in Madrid via Iberia airlines on Wednesday morning around 7:00 am. It was so exciting to be back in Spain. We made our way to the hotel, checked-in and headed to Atocha train station. There was a giant atrium in the middle of theContinue reading “Touchdown in Spain”

26 MARCH 2018   Preparing for Spain and Camino Finisterre 2018 When Terry and I went on our Camino adventure in 2017, we spent countless hours figuring out what to bring. The trick was getting it to fit in a backpack and keep it at a reasonable weight. I revised the pack list many timesContinue reading “2018 Walking Camino Finisterre  “

25 March 2018 YAY! I’m finished! Not only did I finish the Camino Frances last May, but I just finished it’s blog today. When I returned to reality last June, my life became very full, quickly. Finding time to complete the last few posts was not the highest priority on my list until now. It’sContinue reading ” Reflections on Walking Camino Frances”

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 2017 Barcelona is enchanting, magical and lives next to a large body of water called the Balearic Sea which feeds into the Mediterranean. The city exceeded my expectations and made me wish we had more time (and money) to stay longer. We had just been spoiled by the beautiful beaches of SanContinue reading “Jane & David: Barcelona”

MONDAY, JUNE 5, 2017 Next stop San Sebastian which is also called Donostia, its Basque name. We were convinced that we needed to visit this land of golden beaches, lush hills and exquisite cuisine by our son Quinn and fiance Emily. They raved about the food and with good reason. San Sebastian is the secondContinue reading “Jane & David: San Sabastian”

SUNDAY, JUNE 4, 2017 Toledo is a nice day trip from Madrid. It’s about an hour away. We hopped a bus and headed there. This ancient walled city sits on a hill above the plains of Castilla-La Mancha in central Spain. It has an unusual combination of medieval Arab, Jewish and Christian monuments. It’s a steepContinue reading “Jane & David: Toledo”

Bull fights, known here as Corrida de Toros are a ritual and spectacle with roots from the 18th century.  Supporters of bullfighting say it is part of the heritage — an art form that must be respected. They point out that the average cow raised for consumption lives a confined life of less than twoContinue reading “Madrid: What’s the Bull all about?”