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El Monte de Gozo (The Mountain of Joy) is the spot on a hill overlooking the city of Santiago de Compostela, where, in the distance, […]

More reflections on our Camino… Marsha says she will miss the mountains. I concur. They were a challenge, yes, but after the first day, we […]

Well, with the population in Santiago (probably) tripled, we are ever so thankful to have secured lodgings in a very quiet and modest, more than […]

  Indeed the candlelight procession in Fatima was spectacular. We were so blessed to see the plaza lit up and everyone praying together in so […]

  What a glorious day in Fatima! We walked the Way of the Cross, which took us to the spot where the Angel appeared to […]

We got our Compostela – our certificate indicating our completion of the pilgrimage. I will admit that it feels very, very strange to be off […]

Please understand my brevity today. It has been such an emotional day! Today, in our Novena, we brought to St. James, our intentions.,I had the […]

We walked 14.3 miles today through these amazing forests. The trees were so magnificent, but it was impossible to capture them in a photograph. We should arrive […]

God is so, so good to us! He has blessed us so tremendously throughout this pilgrimage. Though the weather was dreary – look at these […]

  The hydrangeas here are breathtaking! They are everywhere in all shades of loveliness. We had a great walk today – 17.6 miles – and […]

We discovered something interesting on our beautiful 17.5 mile walk today! How, in these glorious “shire-like” lands, my feet do, in fact, seem to be […]

This might be the “flora and fauna” edition of my blog! We saw some amazing vistas this morning! When the sun came up I found […]