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...
Leaving Grandas de Saline this morning for Fonsegrada – a good 25 km hike – our group of pilgrims spotted a familiar face. It was Frans from the Czech Republic, cheerful as ever and still going his pace. He arrived at the Albergue the previous...
It was another foggy morning starting out from Berducedo this morning. Walking to the next village of La Mesa the clouds opened up to sunlight spotlighting the chapel of Buspol – another magical Camino experience. The Camino Primitivo has many more...
One of the many lessons on the Camino is dealing with life’s ups-and-downs. After a bad night in the fly infested village of Borres, today was one of the most physically challenging sections I have walked on the Camino. It...
Shortly after leaving Cornellana the Camino offers a spectacular view of the San Salvador monastery. Parts of the building date back to around the year 900 with the complex being restored section by section. The good 18-kilometre walk to La...
Tomorrow I’m leaving for Oviedo on the Spanish west coast to start my walk on the Camino Primitivo – the oldest part of this ancient pilgrimage path. It will take me 320 kilometres through the mountains and to Santiago which I hope to reach during the...
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