by Paty | May 4, 2025 | Camino Primitivo, Trail Journals
Saturday – May 3, 2025 Start: El Espin, Spain End: Berducedo Distance: 27 km (16.9 miles) Lodging: Albergue Camino Primitivo Day 4 of the Camino Primitivo started with a significant decision: whether to take the Hospitales route (high route) or the...
by Paty | May 4, 2025 | Gear, Italy, Via Francigena
About a year ago, I decided to experiment with my inn-to-inn packing list. I’d just finished reading Glen Van Peski’s book, Take More, Do Less, which inspired me to pare down my gear to the essentials for the Camino Portugués. My overall assessment of this...
by Paty | May 2, 2025 | Camino Primitivo, Spain, Trail Journals
Thursday – May 1, 2025 Start: Grado, Spain End: Porciles Distance: 30.2 km (18.9 miles) Lodging: Posada de Peregrinos Fontenaya On day 2 of the Camino Primitivo, I left Grado in a thick, humid fog left by the overnight rain. The trail climbed about...
by Paty | May 1, 2025 | Camino Primitivo, Spain, Trail Journals
Wednesday – April 30, 2025 Start: Oviedo, Spain End: Grado Distance: 27.2 km (17 miles) Lodging: Albergue la Quintana Before I could leave Oviedo on day 1 of the Camino Primitivo, I needed to make my way to the start line: the 9th-century Gothic cathedral in the...
by Paty | Apr 30, 2025 | Camino Primitivo, Spain, Trail Journals
Tuesday – April 29, 2025 Start: Rome, Italy End: Oviedo, Spain Distance flown: 1,508 km (937 miles) Lodging: Hotel Clarin With my trek on the Via Francigena complete, it was time to shift my focus to my next pilgrimage: the Camino Primitivo. Yet...
by Paty | Apr 29, 2025 | Italy, Trail Journals, Via Francigena
Sunday, April 27, 2025 After 17 days as a pilgrim thinking about Rome, today was my day to explore the city like a tourist. I got up super early to get some photos of St. Peter’s Square (before the Jubilee crowds arrived), then made my way all around Rome to...
