Call up your best Diana Ross: Ain’t no mountain high enough, Ain’t no valley low enough, Ain’t no river wide enough, To keep me from […]
Day Twenty-six – Villafranca del Bierzo to Herrerias
Day two of my Novena to St. James: He was given the exalted mission to be a strong and faithful mouthpiece announcing Christ the Redeemer. […]
Day Twenty-five – Ponferrada to Villafranca Del Bierzo
Well this is Day One of my Novena to St. James. We should arrive in Santiago de Compostela in 9 days! (May turn into a […]
Day Twenty-four – Acebo to Ponferrada
Acebo is a lovely little pueblo – the view from my balcony this morning. Short walk today – placement of villages kept us from going […]
Day Twenty-three – Castrillo de Polvazares to Acebo
We are high in the mountains now, and it was a long, beautiful hike up! We walked 19.8 miles today. We hit a big landmark […]
Day Twenty-two – Hospital de Orbigo to Castrillo de Polvazares
Good morning, lovely little taza de cafe! It appears that you are as happy to see me as I am to see you! Good-bye Meseta! […]
Day Twenty-one – Virgen del Camino to Hospital de Orbigo
Well, we know people are praying for us – again your prayers are answered! It was cool all morning and early afternoon, and now that […]
Day Twenty – Puente Villarente to Virgen Del Camino
12.5 miles. Today didn’t seem like it was going to be a difficult stage…about 3 hours into the city of Leon, and then a rather […]
Day Nineteen – Burgo de Renero to Puente Villarente
We left our cozy little Hostel at 500 am in darkness accompanied by a stiff, cool breeze, turned off our headlamps snd spent a few […]
Day Eighteen – San Nicolas del Real Camino to Burgo de Renero
Well, if you, as a friend of this blog, prayed that we would find Mass today, please tell me by Facebook message, email or in […]
Day Seventeen – Carrion de los Condes to San Nicolas del Real Camino
As long as I have my full shadow in front of me and the sunflowers are facing me, I know I am going in the […]
Day Sixteen – Fromista to Carrion de los Condes
What a delightful walk today! We covered 13 miles, and even got to sleep in a bit. We chose an optional route (more authentic Camino, […]