Day 21 Walking The Camino De Santiago – Carrión de los Condes to Moratinos The Albergue that we stayed in, in Carrion De Los Condes was a convent run by nuns. It was very nice actually and all the nuns came to “tuck us in” before we went to sleep which was both nice and weird at the same time. There was another irish guy in the same room as us who seemed very disturbed by the gathering of nuns…
Walking The Santiago Trail in winter has it’s challenges. Toady the Camino wouldn’t let us walk. It had other ideas and wanted us to take the bus into Burgos and have a rest day. The rain was coming in sideways when we left the albergue in Villafranca and we had a mountain to walk over. I made the command decision to get the bus as the the weather was just to rough to be able to walk over a mountain…
Setting off from Granon this morning on El Camino De Santiago, we walked straight into a cold head wind, which disturbed Victoria enough for her to turn around and walk back towards Granon. The wind can be very mentally tough and it takes some reframing and state management to be able to manage it. Fortunately Victoria was able to make a little shift in her perception and she turned around again and started walking into the wind again with a…
Walking the Camino De Santiago in the winter is a completely different matter than any other season. It can be dangerous if the correct equipment is not carried and clothing worn. As we stepped out of Santo Domingo this morning, the wind cut straight through me. It was blowing over the snow capped mountains and the conditions became arctic like. Common sense is important and I decided that we would stop in the next town and stay there until the…
More life lessons on the Camino De Santiago De Compostela. Walking from Pamplona to Puente La Reina, is a very interesting and memorable walk. It is a special part of the camino, although can one part be any more special than another, that is one to ponder. This leg of The Camino Frances is a prominent chapter in Paulo Coelho’s book, The Pilgrimage, and if you haven’t read it, it is worth a read. Victoria received a lesson in attachment,…