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From Santiago… to Santiago
The final destination of the Camino de Santiago is, of course, Santiago de Compostela, the historic city in Galicia, where the remains of the apostle Saint James were supposedly discovered in the 9th century. But did you know that Santiago de Compostela is far from...
Other Christmas traditions
Spain is a very diverse country. There are cultural differences in every region, and Christmas is not an exception. Of course, we have shared customs and traditions, but there are other Christmas traditions too that are specific to each region. I got 3 people to...
Walking the Camino as a solo woman
Paloma García is a Spanish teacher and pilgrim who has walked the Camino de Santiago twice. She has three passions: languages, cooking, and meaningful travel. She fulfilled her dream of learning French by moving to France and she's a dedicated cook. Her love for...
Caldo gallego
Would you like a bowl of caldo gallego? Once you enter Galicia, you will find it in many menus, especially during the winter months. We're well into la primavera now. The weather was quite nice in marzo (March), but then abril (April) started and back came la lluvia...
A conversation with Catherine
Catherine had been following this blog for a while before she decided to join my Challenge last summer. She was preparing for the Camino Portugués later in the year. As you may already know, I live on the Camino Portugués, so we thought we might actually meet in...
Camino Inglés: de Pontedeume a Betanzos
Camino Inglés: de Pontedeume a Betanzos | Day 3 was the last day on our Camino Inglés... for now. When we decided to take our daughters along on this adventure, we thought that maybe walking 20km from Pontedeume to Betanzos would be too much for them. We still wanted...
Camino Inglés: de Neda a Pontedeume
Welcome to Day 2 of my Camino Inglés: de Neda a Pontedeume. If you missed Day 1, you can catch up here. On Day 2 of our Camino Inglés, we had planned to walk from Neda to Pontedeume, but the weather forecast was not good. In fact, we were on orange alert, with gales...
Camino Inglés: de Ferrol a Neda
Before I start my account of day 1 on the Camino Inglés: from Ferrol to Neda, let's get some practical info out of the way. Guidebooks The first guidebook I read about the Camino Inglés was Susan Jagannath's "The Camino Inglés: 6 days (or less) to Santiago"....
Empezando el Camino Inglés
Empezando el Camino Inglés means "starting the English Way". Why starting? you may ask. Well, because I didn't get the chance to finish it... yet. And because I'm not telling you the whole story today. But let's start from the beginning. When I first decided I HAD to...