Train and bus strike in France - now everything makes sense. In fact it was a miracle we were able to catch the rhone rail let alone the TGV - thank u Lord. We omitted to mention when we first arrived in Sarria the King of Spain abdicated from the throne and his son will be King. We checked out of our hotel took up our bags and walked a couple of k's to our new hotel suite or suites as there was a double booking

Adios Espano and Bonjour France In 2 1/2 hrs we will be landing on French soil. We are so excited to be exploring France - like Spain we do not know what to expect and Spain was beyond our wildest imaginings. Landed in Lyon fine and made our way out of airport terminal to 'Rhone Train' with a bit of assistance and without incidence until we reached Lyon city railway terminal and eww la la da fun began. We had 2 hrs to get sorted and catch the TGV to Avignon - s...

Temperature 30• and climbing. We are in Madrid 10am. The hotel van picked us up from the airport which was good of them. We thought we were close by but no it was about a half hour journey and as we drove it seemed Madrid got bigger and bigger. The driver had an English radio station on so were entertained by Neil Diamond. Got to our room grabbed a map and headed out the door to explore. Gulp. Sign language and acting got really good. Made friends with a gran...

Boo hoo we are leaving Santiago de Compostelo and heading to Madrid. Yesterday was so special. Let's begin - we have wooden shutters on our windows blocking out any trace of daylight in our bedroom - it was dark and i just happened to glance at the time..... 9.15am temperature 29 degrees and once shutters thrown open dazzling sunshine. Oops... Hastily got dressed and just made breakfast. Our plan - find a laundry, which we did amongst many hand signals and chara...

We are here. We did it it 112 kms plus complete with aching legs, feet, and blisters. ( i got my very 1st one and was awarded the trophy for the biggest) Steve has many more drat it. It was very sad to know that today our Camino ended so we dawdled, stopped a lot, rested just to draw it out. The feeling of wonder and amazement as we drew closer and closer to the Cathedral was very special. We were applauded by strangers as we approached - the end in sight - we w...