Today we walked from Foncebadón to Molinaseca. It was DOWNhill! And so long. First we took our time at the best albergue ever, Monte Irago in Foncebadón where we met the awesome David from Barcelona. The Cruz de Ferro is an important part of the Camino. It’s an ancient iron cross on a wooden pole, and people… Read more →
Today we were up sooooo early. We walked under the Milky Way from 4:30-5:30 am before it started getting light and the stars went away until tonight. It was so beautiful to be under the stars with the headlamp off, all alone on the Camino while everyone else slept in their albergues. At 5:30am we passed through Santa Catalina de… Read more →
On the plane ride here, Sammy and I watched a movie called Interstellar, which explores many topics related to space and time travel, the destruction and creation of civilizations, relativity, simultaneous realities, and much more. In any case, as we flew through the sky and the clock ticked 9 hours ahead, we were thinking of our relationship with time and… Read more →
We rose at 5 am on our second day of walking. We had slept well, and woke without trouble, after having walked 13.2 miles our first day. On day two, we would walk 17.7 miles – far more than either of us have walked in one day ever. It doesn’t really hit you, what this is, this walking, this journey.… Read more →
It has been amazing rising with or before the sun. Mostly, it has been out of necessity–after 11am it is unbearably hot, and with about 15 miles per day of walking, starting at 5am is the best way to go. The sun also sets at 10:30pm, so there’s a window between 8-10 to walk, but most of the albergues close… Read more →
We have begun our 400km walk on the Camino de Santiago. Here we are in León, the night before Day One of the Camino, which was today. We walked 13+ miles and tomorrow the same. As we arrived into León, we both thought about how significant it is to start our journey from a city which holds the name of… Read more →