Spanish for the Camino Blog
Father and daughter on the Camino
In this week’s episode of the Spanish for the Camino Podcast, I welcome, for the first time two guests: Sandra, a Spanish teacher who specialises in colloquial language, and her father, Toni, a devoted pilgrim who has walked multiple Camino routes. Together, they...
¿Cómo vas a hacer el Camino?
Updated May 2025 How will you do the Camino? Once you decide you want to go on the Camino, you need to start making other decisions. The first one: ¿Cómo vas a hacer el Camino? (How are you going to do the Camino?) Before we go on, let me remind you what I said in...
Things that don’t exist in Spain
If you've never been to Spain and believe everything you read online (especially in Camino groups) you might end up filling your backpack to the brim. Why? Because apparently, according to some of those posts, Spain doesn’t have anything. But is that really true? Can...
Camino Portugués: Tui-Porriño
Camino Portugués: Tui-Porriño | Last week I got an early birthday present: a new pair of zapatillas de senderismo (hiking shoes). So, I decided to test them the next day... by walking a stage of the Camino Portugués: Tui-Porriño. That's one of the advantages of living...
It’s hot on the Camino
It's hot on the Camino | ¡Qué calor! (it's so hot). We're experiencing extremely hot weather in Spain (and Portugal) at the moment. It's not the first ola de calor (heat wave) of the year, but it is the worst so far. It has even reached Galicia. I don't remember...
The cathedral rooftop
We're going on a tour today. In Santiago. A tour of the cathedral rooftop. I'd been wanting to take this tour for a while. I was finally able to do it a couple of months ago and I was not disappointed. It was fantastic and I highly recommend it. About the...
The Camino with no Spanish
"Do I need to learn Spanish to walk the Camino de Santiago?" This is a question that many have when planning their first Camino. It's a question you often see in Camino-related groups. The answers in those groups range from "no need, a smile is enough" to "the more...
Flan
Who hasn't come across flan as one of the dessert options on a menú del peregrino or a menú del día on the Camino de Santiago? Flan is a very popular postre (dessert), and it is in fact an ancient dessert. Its origins go back to the times of the Roman Empire, although...
Camino Portugués: Milladoiro-Santiago
We finally make it to Santiago! After several Sundays of walking the Camino Portugués, we finish our pilgrimage with a very short stage: O Milladoiro-Santiago de Compostela. If you've been following the previous posts you'll already know this, but in case you...