It has been over a week since we arrived in Santiago de Compostela and after winding our way by car from Finisterre on the west coast of Spain along the northern coast through the towns of Muxia, Ribadeo, Gijon, Ribadesella, Bilbao and San Sebastian, we turned south to Zaragoza and finally to the Monestary in […]

We made it! We left Pamplona on May 2nd and after 25 days – 528km by foot + 179km (by car from Burgos > Leon), we arrived in Santiago de Compostela yesterday. The Camino is life compressed into a few weeks and we are so grateful we were able to experience this adventure with our […]

The accumulated fatigue in our bodies was felt today; not our longest walk by distance but due to our relatively slow pace, our longest time on our feet.We are now less than 20 km from Santiago and have put over 500km behind us. Planning to spend an extra day in Santiago to let it all […]

It’s hard to believe that we now consider a 20km hike through the rolling hills of Galicia, an ‘easy’ day when three short weeks ago we struggled to walk much more than 10km. Santiago is almost in sight with less than 45km to go and our bodies have fully adapted to our daily routine. Over […]

The kids were feeling great this morning and started the day at an unusually quick pace. Renee has been nursing sore knees so we let them take the lead while I stayed in between to keep an eye on them. They spent the first 6 km chatting with each other and with pilgrims (most of […]

We have been extremely fortunate to enjoy unseasonably warm, dry weather in Galicia the past few days. We made our way out of Sarria in the fog this morning and immediately noticed all the new pilgrims who had joined the Camino overnight. Most were extremely kind so there we no shortage of new people to […]

Today we enjoyed a relatively easy stroll into Sarria. The walk was mostly through rolling hills with few residents except a few remaining small dairy farms.The kids are becoming Camino celebrities with new people approaching us everyday asking if we are the family from Canada (word has spread along the Way) and some even ask […]

Our longest day on the Camino took us up and over O’Cebreiro and through a few more steep ascents before a long steady descent into Triacastela, the first town we’ll sleep in while in the region of Galicia. Total elevation gain and loss of almost 2000 meters was challenging but we managed to complete the […]

We decided to shorten our day and only make half the climb to O’Cebreiro and stop in the tiny village of La Faba. Most of the walk was along the roadside until we hit a steep, rocky trail that ascends into La Faba. They kids felt great and said they could go on however stopping […]

Although we enjoyed relatively flat terrain today, it was one of the most mentally challenging for me. Our morning did not get off to a good start, both Kai and I were our usual stubborn selves and found ourselves in opposition throughout the first two hours. He wanted to go fast and walk with some […]