Two weeks have passed now, two weeks of relaxation and recontemplation. Something in me feels complete after walking the Camino de Santiago. My stick is still there, waiting for new advenures one day. Walking this Camino was one of the best decisions in my life, although […]
6 weeks have passed since I started from Barril de Alva to Finisterre. 6 weeks of pleasure, pain, meeting people and being with myself. The Camino gives you a direction. It shows you that life is happening right now, nothing else to worry about. Tomorrow will […]
Buen Camino – 3 km – Finisterre No need to wake up early this morning. I woke up at 05:20. Used to walk early. There is not much to walk today. 3 km to Finisterre. Take my time this morning, no backpack needs to be packed. […]
Buen Camino – 26 km – Fisterra The last day of walking 🦶🏽It was a very nice walk and landscape. Just some drops of rain then the sun was shining . Walking feels different when you know it is done, the last day. And it feels […]
Buen Camino – 16 km – Hospital It’s not you deciding, the Camino provides. We were lucky with the rain. It was raining in the morning before we started, we started dry. After a while the first drops. Getting the backpack covers and raincoats out. Just […]
Buen Camino – 19 km – Santa Mariña And I thought I have holidays. I left the Albergue in Negreia with Andrew, Holly and Steph. After 15 minutes walking we realised that we lost the Camino, too long walking on the road. I looked at my […]
Buen Camino – 20 km – Negreia Leaving Pension Rey Fernando this morning with Andrew. We are on the way to Finisterre now. Want to meet Holly before leaving Santiago. Andrew found a €10 note on the walkway, that’s our breakfast. Last night when we had […]
Buen descanso – 0 km – Santiago de Compostella Sleeping until 08:00 this morning. Last night I was out for dinner. A Restaurant near the cathedral, sitting outside. We were around 10 people, some came, some left, amazing how many people are here arriving at the […]
Buen Camino – 20 km – Santiago de Compostella Why do you move so much? Good question after walking 779 km. It makes it easier to find a still moment when you are exhausted, experiencing your limits. This morning before we left our pension, we had […]
Buen Camino – 25 km – O Pedrouzo Just back to nature. Leaving this beautiful house. Knowing it’s just two days to walk makes the walking lite. The sprain in my ankle is getting better, the swelling is less. One of the newbies was asking: Where […]
Buen Camino – 23 km – A Fraga Alta Life moves on, whether or not we are part of it. Starting at 07:00 in the morning with Andrew from our Albergue in Palas de Rei. It’s Sunday, the town still sleepy, some coffee shops already open. […]
Buen Camino – 25 km – Palas de Rei It can’t be expressed what happens on the Camino with me. There are things in life they have to be experienced. It was raining in the night. I woke up early in the morning wondering about the […]
Buen Camino – 20 km – Portomarín You have legs and are walking. Then you stop. You still have legs, but where has the walking gone? In meditation you still have the mind, but it is silent – that is No-Mind! This morning I woke up […]
Buen Camino – 24 km – Barbadelo Was s good night in a Double room with Andrew, quiet. Andrew came back late, I was sleeping already, didn’t hear him. In the morning we had a coffee from the machine. Michelle and Steff, the English ladies, were […]
Buen Camino – 26 km – Triacastela Nothing you can know that isn’t known.Nothing you can see that isn’t shown.Nowhere you can be that isn’t where you meant to be.It’s easy. We had the best equipped kitchen here in La Falba. Some Nescafé in the morning. […]
Buen Camino – 24 km – La Faba Early start, people started packing at 05:00 already. It was a hell of noise, couldn’t sleep any more, so I packed as well. Down in the Albergue was a coffee machine, unfortunately no more coffee in. Some will […]
Buen Camino – 24 km – Villafranca del Bierzo We left our Albergue at 06:30. The hosts were not there over night, so we three were all alone in this house. We got an instruction the day before how to walk back to the Camino. On […]
Buen Camino – 27 km – Ponferrada Early at 06:20 I was leaving the Albergue. It was not a very relaxing night. Snoring and not enough ventilation in a packed room with 20 or more people. Always a busy time in the morning, people are packing […]
Buen Camino – 26 km – Foncebadón I left the Albergue in Astorga before 06:30 today. Just around the corner I got my first coffee. The woman in front of me is from South-Korea. We started together, we walked a little while together, in the end […]
Buen Camino – 24 km – Astorga A man who is aware cannot move in the past, because it is no more. A man who is aware cannot move in the future, because it is not yet. A man who is aware lives in the present, […]
Buen Camino – 25 km – San Martin del Camino Leaving the Albergue at 06:30 again. It was quite full last night. There are 134 beds in 4 dormitories. It takes more than one hour to get out of the city. There were two options to […]
Buen Camino – 24 km – León Joy binds us to eternity, pain to time. But fear and desire make us slaves to time. Letting go frees us from this bondage. ~Simone Weil~ French Philosopher Started walking before sunrise today. Still fresh, my hands were cold. […]
Buen Camino – 31 km – Reliegos Still had to decide this morning if I take the North route or the one close to the road. North route would be 14 km to the next village, then Reliegos 31 km. The other one 18 km then […]
Buen Camino – 16 km – Sahagún Just 16 km today to Sahagún. I started before 07:00. It was fresh and windy outside. In the beginning I didn’t know where to go. There are two options, one goes along the road, the other one in the […]
Buen Camino – 23 km – Ledigos 06:30 in the morning, still fresh. Patricia startet earlier, will be a long day until Ledigos. After one hour I catched her up, we had a break, some breakfast. The first 17 km is just a straight path, not […]
Buen Camino – 19 km – Carrión de los Condes All things work for the best! Nothing is more important than this moment. It’s not important what I am doing but how I am doing. I have the feeling doing the right thing at the right […]
Buen Camino – 24 km – Frómista Got up earlier this morning at 06:45. Was already awake since 05:30. It’s 24 km today from Castrojeriz to Frómista and it’s getting warmer, 28 degrees around noon. So start walking into the fresh morning. There is a big […]
Buen Camino – 21 km – Castrojeriz The landscape is changing again to more beautiful and colourful. Wide crop fields and smooth hills are surrounding me. Walking with Patricia again, she is a really good companion for walking and talking and we are at ease. I […]
Buen Camino – 20 km – Hornillos del Camino What a wonderful day, my feet are so at ease with my new shoes. We were just three people in the Albergue, Patricia from Ireland, a guy from Korea, which name I still can‘t spell, and I. […]
Buen descanso – 0 km – Burgos I didn’t sleep well this night, woke up at 03:00, restless sleep then. Probably the shoe story in my mind. But here is a happy man writing, got super comfortable trail shoes from Skechers for €100. Feels like walking […]
Buen Camino – 26 km – Burgos Leaving San Juan de Ortega after preparing my feet with plaster and bandages. Is a chilly morning, got my red rain jacket out. The café didn’t open yet, so have to walk 4 km to Ages to get the […]
Buen Camino – 19 km – San Juan de Ortega It was fresh this morning when we started at 07:00. Fortunately the other bar in town was open and we got a coffee before our walk. It was very cloudy after the rain, happy to walk […]
Buen Camino – 19 km – Tosantos Leaving this lovely place, the house of smiles (La Casa De Las Sonrisas). We had a short breakfast and on the road again. Rozenn and I are walking together again, we are in the same speed. 19 km to […]
Buen Camino – 20 km – Grañon Was a nice place to stay, sitting outside with the feet in cold water. Woke up at 06:00 as usual, Jan was already packing. He is quite fast walking, still running half Marathon with 72 years. I left the […]
Buen Camino – 22 km – Azofra The wise learns from everything and everyone, the normal from his experiences, and the stupid knows everything better. ~ Sokrates Leaving Navarrete and crossing endless vineyards. I was walking with Rose today, a French pilgrim. We have the same […]
Buen Camino – 21 km – Navarrete Left Viana at 07:00 this morning, direction to Logrono. Just 8 km from Viana. I felt a bit lost in the beginning wile walking, was quite chilly and cloudy, the landscape quite dull. I thought I will stay in […]
Buen Camino – 19 km – Viana Leaving Los Arcos. Was a different hostel this time, I was the only guest, was a bit hidden. Anyway I had some silence and a good rest. And I realised later that I forgot my towel, don’t remember even […]
Buen Camino – 22 km – Los Arcos Just waking up from my afternoon nap. I started at 07:00 from Estella to Los Arcos. My T-Shirt and pants were still wet on the washing line, there was rain and thunder in the night. I put the […]
Buen Camino – 22 km – Estella It was raining last night. Five minutes after leaving the hostel it started a little again. Just after covering my backpack it stopped. The weather seems to change a bit, there might be more rain until Wednesday. Every town […]
Buen Camino – 18 km – Puente la Reina The Path is the Goal! Another day to walk. Will go up a while until 770 meters, then quite steep down. Just conscious with walking, step by step, one wrong move could be the end of this […]
Buen Camino – 5 km – Cizur Menor When you meditate, you teach your brain not to have a problem. I am trying to tell this my feet, not to have a problem. Guess my feet will be a big topic in the first days. Leaving […]
Buen Camino – 20 km – Pamplona The journey makes you a pilgrim. Because the way to Santiago is not only a track to be walked in order to get somewhere, nor is it a test to reach any reward. El Camino de Santiago is a […]
Buen Camino – 21 km – Zubiri I was quite recovered this morning. Ready to walk. 6 km or 21 km? When we left the monastery, around 08:00, Dennis the guy I was walking with yesterday, was waiting for me to say goodbye. He and his […]
Buen Camino – 26 km – Roncesvalles The Camino Francais is the red line. Although it‘s just for one day in France, all other route in Spain. David was walking the route around the mountain today, I walked up over the top, 19 km up and […]
Didn‘t sleep much in the bus. Fortunately I will arrive in one hour in Bayonne. Just left San Sebastián. Looks very cloudy here. North Spain is known to have quite some rain. Happily arrived in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port. Got my pilgrims passport, my first stamp and lot of […]
The journey starts with the fullmoon today. 5-6 weeks walking the Camino de Santiago. My backpack is packed, just 7,3 kg, light travel. Leaving Barril de Alva from Central Portugal by car and heading to Porto. I will first go to Decathlon in Porto to get […]