Camino Day Eighteen- Rest Day in Carrion de los Condes
This is our second rest day. We are so pleased to be in the historic Monasterio de San Zoilo that was first established in the 900’s. They have converted the Monastery into a Luxury...
Author: Chris and John
Camino Day Seventeen- Formista to Carrion de Los Condes (14.5 Miles)
We had a very special walk from Formista to Carrion de los Condes. What made it that way was the fact there were two paths to take, one longer than the other. We chose...
Camino Day Sixteen- Castrojeriz to Formista (16.3 Miles)
Our Wednesday morning in Castrojeriz was very chilly-37 degrees. After another splendid breakfast we were fast walking to our next destination because we had an appointment to keep. Right out of town we climbed...
Camino Day Fifteen- Hornillios del Camino to Castrojeriz (13.2 Miles)
Day fifteen begins with us walking for the second of nine days in the Meseta. The Meseta is a high altitude plateau in the interior of Spain covering a significant portion of the country....
Camino Day Fourteen- Burgos to Hornillos del Camino (13.5 Miles)
We had a great walk out of the city of Burgos. We would pass through only two small villages on our trek today. The church in the first town was closed ( in Tardajos)...
Camino Day Thirteen- San Juan de Ortega to Burgos (16.3 Miles)
We awoke in San Juan de Ortega to heavy rain. Breakfast was a bag lunch type so we threw it into our packs, put our raingear on, and headed out to the Camino at...
Camino Day Twelve- Belorado to San Juan de Ortega (15.6 Miles)
We woke up to cloudy skies but no rain, and got an early start. John’s feet were a bit better and he was a much happier pilgrim today. We saw some beautiful sights. In...
Camino Day Eleven- Santo Domingo de la Calzada to Belorado (14.2 Miles)
Tough tough day for John. Bad blisters on the front pads of both feet make it really hard to walk rocky trails. So John complained most of the day and walked rather slow with...
Day Ten- Najera to Santa Domingo de la Calzada (13.5 Miles)
On the way out of Najera we walked past the Convent where our friend Marc Galante, the owner of the antique store in Sana Fe where we purchased much of our Casa Marana pieces,...
Camino Day Nine- Logrono to Najera (18.5 Miles)
Out of the hotel in Logrono early again (7:35) knowing we had another long hike to get to Najera. In addition, it was supposed to climb in temperature to over 80 degrees and only...