Its always an amazing experience to walk into Santiago de Compostela from Monte de Gozo in the early hours of the morning. Centuries ago there was a clear view of the Cathedral from the mountain and I can well imagine how pilgrims must have felt walking...
I involuntarily started my walk in the early hours of the morning from Melide after a group of young men began packing their back packs at 4 am in the morning, waking everyone in the Albergue in the process. ‘Learn to be tolerant. Don’t go...
An unidentified Peregrino left a message on one of the marker stones between Ponte Ferreira and Melide. ‘Every day is a walk into the unknown.’ True, you never know what might come around the next corner. Especially here in the northwest...
During the past two days I’ve walked 62 kilometres and I’m feeling my body going into rebellion with all sorts of aches and pains. When I walked my first Camino in 20o6 I had some hard lessons to learn. By the time I was reaching Santiago my...
Galicia is the land of the Celts. Many traditions like the bagpipe, called the gaita, date back to pre-Roman times. According to legend the Celts already walked the Camino as a processional route while following the milky...
