by Paty | Oct 15, 2022 | Camino del Norte, Spain, Trail Journals
October 15, 2022 Train Route: Santiago de Compestela to Madrid, Spain Distance: 600 kilometers (372 miles) Even though my train to Madrid didn’t depart Santiago until 10:20 a.m., I was fully awake at half past six. I initially used the early morning hours to read...
by Paty | Oct 14, 2022 | Camino del Norte, Spain, Trail Journals
October 14, 2022 Route: Salceda to Santiago de Compestela Distance: 27.6 kilometers (17.1 miles) Cumulative Distance: 841.9 kilometers I barely slept a wink last night. I was full of nervous energy, and was checking my watch every 20 minutes throughout the...
by Paty | Oct 13, 2022 | Camino del Norte, Spain, Trail Journals
October 13, 2022 Route: Sobrado de Monxes to Salceda Distance: 33.1 kilometers (20.5 miles) Cumulative Distance: 814.3 kilometers Today will be my final day on the Camino Del Norte – at least technically. Once I walked into the town of Arzúa, just 22...
by Paty | Oct 12, 2022 | Camino del Norte, Spain, Trail Journals
October 12, 2022 Route: A Lagoa to Sobrado de Monxes Distance: 27.9 kilometers (17.3 miles) Cumulative Distance: 781.2 kilometers Although I was up around 6:15 am, I lazed around the albergue this morning until 8 am. There was no point in walking before...
by Paty | Oct 11, 2022 | Camino del Norte, Spain, Trail Journals
October 11, 2022 Route: Vilalba to A Lagoa Distance: 31.1 kilometers (19.3 miles) Cumulative Distance: 753.3 kilometers It was still dark when I departed the albergue, but I stopped to gawk at the moon, which sat full and round overhead in the sky....
by Paty | Oct 10, 2022 | Camino del Norte, Spain, Trail Journals
October 10, 2022 Route: Abadin to Vilalba Distance: 21.1 kilometers (13 miles) Cumulative Distance: 722.4 kilometers I had a positively easy day planned today. The mountains separating Spain’s northern coast from the interior of Galicia were...
by Paty | Oct 9, 2022 | Camino del Norte, Spain, Trail Journals
October 9, 2022 Route: Lourenzá to Abadin Distance: 26 kilometers (16.2 miles) Cumulative Distance: 701.3 kilometers I was on my game while in Lourenzá yesterday afternoon. I’d remembered it was Saturday and grabbed some breakfast and lunch items for...
by Paty | Oct 8, 2022 | Camino del Norte, Spain, Trail Journals
October 8, 2022 Route: Ribadeo to Lourenzá Distance: 26.8 kilometers (16.6 miles) Cumulative Distance: 675.3 kilometers Today was my first day of ‘taking it easy.’ Rather than pushing myself to reach Santiago in five or six days’ time at...
by Paty | Oct 7, 2022 | Camino del Norte, Spain, Trail Journals
October 7, 2022 Route: Navia to Ribadeo Distance: 32.2 kilometers (20 miles) + a few extra kilometers on the coast Cumulative Distance: 648.5 kilometers Discovering that all my fellow pilgrims had made it to Navia last night was a truly wonderful surprise....
by Paty | Oct 6, 2022 | Camino del Norte, Spain, Trail Journals
October 6, 2022 Route: Canelo to Navia Distance: 27.9 kilometers (17.3 miles) Cumulative Distance: 616.3 kilometers The rain rolled in around 6 pm last night, and it continued to pour throughout the night. This was surprising because the amount of rainfall...
