Spain Trek: Camino del Norte

After finishing the Camino - every step of the last 100km and probably another 30-50km in the days preceding - we slept 10 hours. Yesterday as we wandered the narrow…

The boys sit overlooking the main square. As you enter the square you hear bagpipes playing and see a mass of people reclining on their bags - recovering from a…

The final descent was through a business district - I guess I was expecting something more meaningful and serene. You can see the cathedral in the distance!

We had only 10km to walk to reach Compostela. This the pope's monument about 4km more!

Thursday - More symbols and memorials are along the Camino as we get under 15km.

Having a break for lunch in Pedrouzo. Pizza y Sprite y vino y cerveza. It's the way the other pelegrinos do it.

Thursday - this is a photo of Santa Irene. We don't have wifi tonight. Will post again on Friday.

OK...so it looks like we are off the grid for a couple of days. We start our walk today and very soon we are greeted by this gregarious woman. She…

Whoever said: "the rain in Spain falls mostly on the plain" has obviously never been to northern Spain. Today (Wednesday) we had some light rain after we stopped for lunch.…

Well, it looks like graffiti from the American eye, but this may very well be art. This is right before Arzua.