Pilgrimages to Santiago de Compostela in Spain
It's pretty cool how quickly the trains run in Portugal. We caught an IC (Inter-City) train from Porto and arrived just some 3 hours later in the capital - Lisbon. The train station here is rather photogenic. While we arrived at the top level, there are about 4 more below us. But, one of the …
It's funny how even our most simplistic plans of sleeping in were spoiled by the internal clock. In fact, we had to purposefully go back to sleep twice and finally resorted to putting on the television to pass time before a nearby laundromat opened at 9 am. So as not to air the proverbial dirty …
Maybe it was the clean laundry or, perhaps, the early bedtime, but we slept soundly last night and were eager to get on the road. After all, there's a private room with cotton towels waiting just 25km away. (Look, just try wearing all synthetic clothing and sleeping in a different bed every night for two …
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After our prolonged visit to the cathedrals, it was time to get something to eat. Since the market was so close by, we stepped in to see what they might have. There was literally one fruit stand. While we also saw a local canned goods purveyor, there were few other options except for: Pork. Yep, …
You, dear reader, must believe us when we tell you how hard we tried to stay up and go out late on a Saturday night in such a fun college town. Alas, it was not to be. However, even after sleeping close to 9 hours, we had little competition from other tourists in viewing the …
Although Morille's one cafe opened at noon, the owner agreed to make breakfast for our group if we all showed up at 7 am. Although said breakfast wasn't that exciting (4€ for toast, coffee, and a juice box), it ensured that we were up and walking pretty early. Sure, they didn't have 3G (much less …
OK, so where do we start? Yesterday was a shorter day in that Mikey hiked a less arduous distance, but took a ferry, checked into his hotel, and met up with the remaining Irish pilgrim from his group for a small bite. Ergo, it was busy! Well, it started raining in the early evening, …
Perhaps Thoreau put it best when he wrote, "Things do not change; we change." Today was both a day of rest and a walk down memory lane. (Plaza Moyua, heart of Bilbao) In case you did not know, many years ago, Mikey was an exchange student to the Basque Country and …
GOOD-MORNING, GERNIKA!!! It's 6:30am and Mikey is on a 35km mission today. (OK, that was a bit of channeling Robin Williams, but the Irish-American team has to keep up the pace as we move through the bush today. It rained from 2-6am, so we left around 6:30. The fog stayed with us for most …
Mikey on The Way 