Burgos
Walking into Burgos after Atapuerca, you’ll pass through enough change that you’ll wonder, “Where am I going??”: military zone, giant wooded cross, rings of stone, airport, railway tracks, and a […]
Walking into Burgos after Atapuerca, you’ll pass through enough change that you’ll wonder, “Where am I going??”: military zone, giant wooded cross, rings of stone, airport, railway tracks, and a […]
Astorga is an interesting town and I was happy to stop here for a sightseeing session despite the cold and rain. This was one of the places I did wish […]
Samos is not exactly off the Camino Frances but it is along a lesser used path to Sarria. Most people are concerned about reaching Sarria in time to get a […]
There are a couple of side jaunts one can take along the Camino Frances if you have a little bit of extra time. Eunate actually doesn’t require a large time […]
As a Pilgrim, Leon was one of my favorite places along the Camino Frances. It is a beautiful city and I wished I had more time to explore it properly. […]
There was one day in particular, about 3/4 of the way into my Camino, where I realized that my mind had made the unconscious shift from ‘newbie’ to (relatively) ‘experienced […]
I like looking for graffiti whenever I visit a new place as it can be a way to gain an understanding of the location. And the Camino Frances was no […]
Accommodations can be a touchy subject in Pilgrim World. Some say you’re not a real Pilgrim if you eschew albergues for hotels. Others bemoan the fact that more and more, […]
People, unsurprisingly, are what you’ll see the most on the Camino Frances. They’ll be short, tall, thin, fat, quiet, loud, male, female, local, foreign, and predominately white. There also tend […]
It’s interesting how we humans tend to have expectations about things we know nothing about or have misconceptions about things never experienced. I’m no exception. Neither is the Camino Frances. […]