DAY 31: July 3rd, 2014. Monte do Gozo – Santiago de Compostela, 5 km José woke me up at 6 AM telling me that our clothes are locked in the laundry, that would only open at 8 AM. I can’t believe my bad luck, especially after planning everything so that we could Continue Reading
DAY 29, July 1st, 2014. Palas de Rei– Arzúa, 28.8 km It was time to go back to walking, and especially to say goodbye to Houliane. “I will become the best doctor”, she told us more than once. And I am sure she will. A long black braid and a Continue Reading
DAY 27, June 29th, 2014. Triacastela – Portomarín, 40.9 km Today we are doubling the distance: we are going to pass through Sarria (which is where we actually wanted to arrive yesterday) and end in Portomarín. I am walking 40 km and I am ready for it. I finally understand Continue Reading
DAY 25: June 27th, 2014. Villafranca del Bierzo – O Cebreiro, 28.4 km Today was the day everybody talked about, the toughest of the whole Camino: the hike to O Cebreiro. We are walking 28 km uphill today, going from the 630 mt in Vega de Valcarce to the 1330 Continue Reading
DAY 22: June 24th, 2014. Astorga – Foncebadón, 25.9 km Today was a perfect day. Today was walking painless, it was walking lonely and smiling under the rain. It was the smell of the pine trees after the rain stopped, it was reaching Foncebadón full of energies, it was the Continue Reading
I started the journey alone. It was my first solo backpacking trip, and even if hundreds of pilgrims have been following the yellow arrow and walking the Camino every day for centuries, it was my big adventure. It would be only the Spanish countryside, my backpack and me. My way Continue Reading
DAY 21: June 23rd, 2016. Villavante – Astorga, 22 km We stopped for breakfast in Hospital de Órbigo, a lovely town that I had already had the chance to visit earlier this year with my studends and friends. After spending a crazy amount of money for a tortilla con chorizo, Continue Reading
DAY 18: June 20th, 2014. Calzadilla de los Hermanillos – Puente de Villarente, 30 km I am walking fast and smoothly. I haven’t been taking any Ibuprofen for two days, and today I finally got rid of my knee brace. What a feeling of freedom, releasing my left knee from Continue Reading
DAY 8: June 10th, 2014. Logroño – Nájera, 31 km I struggled the first couple of kilometers; after that, I warmed up and walked with no problem whatsoever. It was a lonely walk, except for a small part when I chatted with two Spanish couples before we split in the Continue Reading
DAY 3: June 5th, 2014. Pamplona – Puente la Reina, 24 km We woke up with a mix of Italian and French opera playing. Folding the sleeping bag, applying Vaseline and plasters to my aching feet and rosemary alcohol to my calf muscles had already become my morning routine, something Continue Reading
