Pilgrimages to Santiago de Compostela in Spain
Today was supposed to be a good bit longer of a walk, but it was as Mikey's first day back in shoes. Let's just say, it didn't go quite as expected. We left a little before 8am this morning. Above are the picnic tables where Mikey enjoyed local wine and …
We began our second day of walking in sandals along mostly paved roads. The recent morning fog has been nice since the cool ocean breezes are now behind us. Oh, and there was this wooded area that was still damp from an overnight rain. Yes, Mikey's sandals got wet and his feet …
The guidebook said that today would be hard. The guidebook said that today would be long and uphill. The guidebook said nothing about what to do when the achillies region of Mikey's left foot was so blistered that he would have to make one of the steepest and longest ascents of the Camino in flip-flops. …
The feet hurt. They hurt a lot. Mikey's advice for any of you who think walking a marathon each day would be cool: don't. Second note: no matter how comfy that bed is, get up! Do not linger around and wait until almost 9am before starting said hike. Otherwise, you'll end up sunburned like …
Today was a double day of walking. This is to say, we basically planned on getting up before 6am and walking for two shorter stages before turning in to an albergue. It almost worked out great! 5:45am and Mikey was on the road. He thought it a bit bizarre - almost like …
Today was the real push. What we estimated at about 40km (25 miles) was really just over 45km or 28 miles. As such, Mikey planned on an early 5:30am start, but really didn't begin until 6:30am. Still, with an almost 10 hour estimate, he didn't have much time to waste. Oh, and Mikey is …
Along the Camino, one finds that the larger the city, the more distressing entering and exiting it can be. Urban sprawl is definitely alive and well here, so not much to report until Avilés. This is a town with rich medieval history. Back around the turn of the last millennium, the king of Castile …
Mikey on The Way 