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...
by K.C. | Jun 16, 2016 | Camino de Santiago, Life, Travel, Uncategorized
Today was a long walk. A very long walk. I’m continuing to walk with my new friend from Australia since we both keep similar pace. We started out at 7am to grab some coffee and a quick breakfast before hitting the trail. By 7:30, we were on our way. We made our...
by K.C. | Jun 15, 2016 | Camino de Santiago, Life, Travel, Uncategorized
After a small lightning storm last night, I was afraid that today was going to be rainy. Other than a light sprinkle in the morning, it wasn’t too bad while walking. I set out at around 7:30 this morning on my way to Pamplona. I had been hiking for about two...
by K.C. | Jun 14, 2016 | Camino de Santiago, Life, Travel, Uncategorized
After writing my blog yesterday, I had an experience that was really touching for me. I went to the pilgrims mass and for the second time in my life, I received the pilgrims blessing at the mass. The first time was almost three years ago when I was on the road trip...
by K.C. | Jun 13, 2016 | Camino de Santiago, Life, Travel, Uncategorized
Today I began walking the Camino de Santiago in St-Jean-Pied-de-Port, France. After arriving late last night on a bus, since the rail strike in France renders the tracks just hunks of metal laying on the ground, I got around 6 hours of sleep. I set out around 7:20am...
