8.5 miles, 19,383 steps, 5 cats  Done!  Left my little casa rural (country house) at 8am, which is before sunrise. I wanted to make sure to get to Santiago in time for the pilgrim’s mass at 12:00. Before I left,… Continue reading

8.1 miles, 19,837 steps, 18 cats  Such a short little stroll today…it was lovely but also started raining halfway in, so that wasn’t great. Stopped twice for coffee and to pet cats. ALL the little gatos were out today. I’ve… Continue reading

11 miles, 29,973 steps, 4 cats  Another mostly flat walk today — wooooo. Just more farms, cows, chickens, vineyards, cobblestones, churches (not as many churches as in Portugal, though), cats, dogs… Glad for the flatness because my knee started and… Continue reading

13.0 miles, 33,355 steps, 2 cats  Nice flat walking today…beautiful weather (but cold in the morning). Just a nice little 13-mile stroll through forests and farms.  After walking about 4 miles without any cafes or other services, I came to… Continue reading

12.2 miles, 35,150 steps, 8 cats  Before I think about today (even though my knees won’t me forget), gotta catch up on last night. After I got checked in to my cute apartment in Redondela, I threw some laundry into… Continue reading

10.6 miles, 25,930 steps, 5 cats  Last night’s hotel was pretty sketchy, and the included breakfast was the most pre-packaged Continental buffet yet—think muffins and bread individually wrapped in plastic, a room temp hard-boiled egg (no thanks) and equally room… Continue reading

11.55 miles, 27,419 steps, 4 cats  After my resty day yesterday, today’s 11.5 miles felt like a breeze. Tui is a very popular starting point for people who want to walk the 100 km minimum to receive the Compostela (the… Continue reading

Just wanted to report that my mission to find the secret nun’s cookies was a success! I found the little window, rang the bell, and a small nun slid open the panel. I said “las galletas?” (the cookies?) and she… Continue reading

Taking a rest day in Tui, Spain. I slept in, had a nice breakfast (more tortilla de patatas, I can’t get enough), then walked into town to do some laundry in the fanciest, cleanest, most high-tech laundromat I’ve ever seen.… Continue reading

10.1 miles, 27,033 steps, 8 cats  Somewhat more eventful day on the Camino. Started with 3 hours walking in the rain. Ugh. It wasn’t cold, though, and not raining too hard, so…I did prepare for this. Put on my rain… Continue reading