HA! I say that in jest but we did reach a magical spot today. It is the halfway mark. Now every distance we have to walk is less than the distance we have have walked so far. It is a bit of a relief actually. When I have been walking a really long time and … More It’s All Downhill From Here

Today we walked along a ancient little canal. Fall colors were in today. We are walking though the flatlands so only a town here and there. We continued to stop in the churches and pray. That feels like my purpose these days. It is hard to resist saying a prayer and lighting a candle when … More Fall Is In The Air

Well we hit the Mesetas today and started to look upon the Camino in a different sort of way. We realize now we have some serious walking yet to do so it seems like the whole pack picked up the pace and upped the miles. On top of that it started to rain and we … More We Are Hardcore

Ok, Ricardo and I have only hit two places and we are overwhelmed. We went to the cathedral yesterday. It took us two hours to tour it and we could have taken four easy. It represents 800 years of continuous additions and renovations. There are at least a dozen chapels inside along with the main … More More of Burgos

We made it into Burgos which is a pretty good size town with a lot to see. We plan to take an extra day to rest and check out the sights. Today was a walk in the park so to speak. We started a bit late and found a panaderia that was exceptional. We had … More Burgos

I made it to a pretty special place tonight. I am staying in a small town called Atapuerca. It is a UNESCO site of archeological importance. It is where the earliest known remains of humanity have been found. The remains date back 800,000 years. They were found in a collection of caves that was apparently … More Atapuerca

On the Camino one thing that has really struck me is how much people offer other people their food. If you pull up to talk to somebody and they are munching on something they will almost always offer you some of it. This carries over into the albergues when somebody is cooking a meal, they … More Use Less Give Away More

Yesterday I had a thought I hadn't had before. The odd thing abut the thought was that I should have had it a long time ago. I had the thought that I was actually walking somewhere. I wasn't just getting up in the morning, making sure to get a good breakfast and heading to the … More I Am Walking Somewhere

Today, before we had gone too far, we ran across the stand in the picture to the left with a couple of Spaniards. We decided to take a break and sat on a bench next to the stand to take a rest. Before too long the Spaniard with long white hair and beard came over … More Somos Hermanos

So last night I was a buying some supplies for the day. I was having a hard time deciding what to buy and I was testing the fruit for ripeness. I had been in the store for about 5 or 10 minutes when the lady that ran the store started yelling at me. I mean … More Don’t Touch the Fruit