by K.C. | Jun 26, 2016 | Camino de Santiago, Life, Travel, Uncategorized
It’s hard to believe that today marks two weeks since beginning walking the Camino. It has definitely had its challenges, as well as its rewards. Today was very much both. We set off around 7:30 this morning to head out of Astorga. After carefully navigating...
by K.C. | Jun 25, 2016 | Camino de Santiago, Life, Travel, Uncategorized
Today was as expected. Long and difficult. Though we took an alternate route that made it a bit longer. My new friend from California and I set out on the trail a little after 7 and came across another Australian that I had met yesterday. We were all walking the same...
by K.C. | Jun 24, 2016 | Camino de Santiago, Life, Travel, Uncategorized
It felt so good to be walking again! I woke up quite early this morning. Since last night was a festival in León, people were out late throughout the city, and were loudly making their way home…all…night…long… When I set off at around 7:15am I...
by K.C. | Jun 23, 2016 | Camino de Santiago, Life, Travel, Uncategorized
Today, I left one city for another. Again, my mode of transport was by bus instead of my feet. I had a little bit of time before the bus left, so I sat by the river in the cool morning sun before the heat kicked in. I sat by the river still disappointed by the injury,...
by K.C. | Jun 22, 2016 | Camino de Santiago, Life, Travel, Uncategorized
One of the things that is never easy to get used to when you do a lot of solo travel, is eating dinner alone. It’s no fun, abroad or at home, to walk in and say, “Table for one, please.” It’s just not so exciting to be taking up the table space...
by K.C. | Jun 21, 2016 | Camino de Santiago, Life, Travel, Uncategorized
Unfortunately due to the injury, I had to take the bus to Burgos today. It was hard looking out the window and seeing other pilgrims walking along the path that I wanted to be on so bad. I missed many stages of the Camino due to this injury. But I wasn’t alone....
by K.C. | Jun 20, 2016 | Camino de Santiago, Life, Travel, Uncategorized
Today was definitely a change from my routine for the past week. When all the other pilgrims were getting up and packing their packs for the day, I was itching to do the same. But I just lay their waiting for them to leave before getting up to hobble around trying not...
by K.C. | Jun 19, 2016 | Camino de Santiago, Life, Travel, Uncategorized
Today I set off from the Albergue a little before 8am. I had a nice breakfast and thanked the hosts before setting off. I made the 6.5 miles to Logroño in good time. I was feeling refreshed and that today would be a good day. My muscles felt great and the pack felt...
by K.C. | Jun 18, 2016 | Camino de Santiago, Life, Travel, Uncategorized
An Australian, a German and an American walk into a Bar… Sounds like the start of a joke, doesn’t it? But no, that was lunch his afternoon for me. The “Bar” here is more like a Café, serving coffee, sandwiches, and pastries. With stopping so...
by K.C. | Jun 17, 2016 | Camino de Santiago, Life, Travel, Uncategorized
Today we continued on. We had a quick breakfast including a delicious chocolate croissant, and then hit the trail around 8:00. It was a much later start than we had planned, but it was hard for everyone in the albergue to get up in the morning. Along the trail, we...
