Category Archives: Camino with Hannah 2018

We are now on the train back to Madrid from Santiago. Tomorrow it will be a busy day of shopping and sight seeing and then home so this is the final ‘on the Camino with Hannah 2018’ blog post. Yesterday we took the bus tour to Fisterre and Muxía, the end of the known worldContinueContinue reading “Episode 13 – Santiago to Madrid”

Before leaving Santiago we got to see the Botafumeiro in action!

Ureka! We did it! We were on the Camino before 7:00 am and covered 13.88 miles at a pace of 19 minutes 27 seconds so even with two short stops the total was less than 5 hours and we were in the security line at the Catedral at 11:40! The noon pilgrim service was packedContinueContinue reading “Episode 11 – Pedrouzo to Santiago”

Really nice day on the Camino. We started early and covered the 22..5 kilometer (13.6 miles) fairly quickly arriving at our new modern hotel in A Rua by 2:00pm. It was hot but not yet blazing. We (I particularly) had lots of fun joking with the people we met along the way. We met aContinueContinue reading “Episode 10 – Arzua to Pedrouzo”

The walk to Arzua turned into a long hot march which didn’t end til after 6:00 pm. It started out fine. Beautiful morning and we covered the 15 kilometers to Melide easily. But from Melide on was tough. Mostly because of the pulpo. We could have turned right and stayed on the Camino when weContinueContinue reading “Episode 9 – Palas de Rei to Arzua”

Yesterday who knows why but it was our strongest day of walking yet. We set out of Portomarin early and Hannah led the charge setting a wicked pace of under 20 minutes a mile for over 5 miles. We conquered the summit of Sierra Ligonde like Grant took Richmond. The Camino at times was thickContinueContinue reading “Episode 8 – Portomarin to Palas de Rei”

Yesterday’s walk was quite a bit longer than we anticipated in both time and disatsnce. We didn’t walk into Portomarin until almost 6:00 pm. I had calculated that even with a slower pace it would be no more than 6 hours on the trail to cover the 22.7 kilometers. So, we slept in, had aContinueContinue reading “Episode 7 – Sarria to Portomarin”

It’s also said that “a picture paints a thousand words” with which even the articulate among us surely agree. Again last night I was too tired to write anything mostly because Hannah made me walk so much so I’m just going to post some articulate pictures and allow them to paint the story of ourContinueContinue reading “Episode 6 – O’cebreiro to Sarria”

For those who don’t remember and for those too young to ever have known, the “Extra” in times gone by was a special edition published by local newspapers when after publication of the morning’s edition and before publication of the evening edition there occurred a news event of such significance that it required immediate dissemination.ContinueContinue reading “Episode 5 – Extra, Extra Read All About It”

The hike up to Ocebreiro is challenging. You ascend more than 700 meters over a distance of less than 5 kilometers. It requires stamina, perseverance and determination. I’m proud to report that, for a young person, Hannah has a good amount of all 3. They say “pictures speak louder than words” but I think thatContinueContinue reading “Episode 4 – Villafranca de Bierzo to Ocebreiro”