Category: 6) Castile and Leon Region
It was a very difficult day for us today. We had the utmost awful news on the day we started the Camino, our beautiful nephew had lost his battle to cancer and had left...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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)...
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...
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...
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...