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...

Day 6 of our pilgrimage and we are heading to Rua a 21 km walk. Temperature cool. Expected high 16 degrees with .... Sssh don't say it. We bumped into most of our travelling friends today apart from Nerelle and Ian. Even Teri frm America and Gloria who was a wee bit behind. U get the feeling they are long lost friends. My legs ached a wee bit and Steve has some trophy blisters on his tooties - not nice :(. As the guide book advised we would be ascending and when ...

Well it wouldn't be proper to walk the Camino through a part of Spain noted for its green forested path-ways, lush pasture, and high average rainfall without experiencing a modicum of precipitation. Well rest assured dear reader today was our day, it precipitated from the moment we set foot outside our 'pousada'. It would be fair to say in fact p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-persisted in p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-precipitating down for the vast majority of our walking today wh...