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Camino del Norte Days 43-45: Arzua to Santiago de Compostela
We made it! We arrived yesterday morning in Santiago de Compostela along with my mom and received our Compostela certificates. After a night with very little sleep in the Arzua Xunta albergue, we took the bus back to Palas del Rei and checked into Albergue Buen Camino. We were among the first to check in, […]
Camino del Norte Day 42: Sobrado dos Monxes to Arzua
This morning, several pilgrims in our room began rustling about and shining flashlights around 6:20am (a full two hours before sunrise…) We couldn’t beat them, so we joined them and were up around 7. One fellow had a bright Maglite flashlight turned on and lying on his bed, illuminating the whole room, and he just […]
Camino del Norte Day 41: Miraz to Sobrado dos Monxes
As we have become accustomed to sleeping in until around 8am (since the sun comes up at 8:30) we were rather surprised to have the lights turned on by the hospitaleros at 7am. Actually, this did not even wake me from my deep slumber, so I awoke at 7:30 rather shocked to see almost everyone […]
Camino del Norte Day 40: Baamonde to Miraz 16km
We made our own coffee and cereal at the albergue, but then saw most of the other pilgrims having a coffee at the cafe next to the albergue, which had wifi, so since we had no reason to hurry today we sat down for a second coffee in order to check email. The first few […]
Camino del Norte Day 39: Vilalba to Baamonde 23 km
We woke up this morning at our usual time of around 8am (the sun doesn’t come up until 8:30 and we’re in no rush…) We packed up and went down to the kitchen to make coffee and have some cereal for breakfast. Around 8:30, several police officers arrived and seemed surprised that everyone was still […]
Camino del Norte Day 38: Gontan to Vilalba
We slept really well in Gontan’s very pleasant albergue. We passed through the town of Abadín and out into the countryside. The weather alternated between cloudy and sunny, though the temperature stayed quite chilly most of the day. The trail twisted again back and forth over the main road, connecting quaint villages and farmland. Overall, […]
Camino del Norte Day 37: Lourenzá to Gontan
It’s nice to be back in Galicia, with its many rural farms and rustic hamlets, full of stone houses with slate roofs. I love seeing cozy spires of smoke coming from the chimneys. Services are few and far between, so it’s important to bring enough snacks and water. The sun was finally shining today, but […]
Camino del Norte Day 36: Ribadeo to Lourenzá
We got a fairly early start this morning, making instant coffee and toast in the albergue. However, since we weren’t sure when we would be in a bigger town again, we decided to stop by a café to use the wifi. We also had a hard time figuring out how the route goes through Ribadeo […]
Camino del Norte Day 35: Tapia to Ribadeo
The albergue was silent last night and we slept amazingly well. We woke up to grey skies and enjoyed a hot coffee at a café before setting out. The markings out of town were quite confusing and we ended up following shell markers for about 2 kilometers, in what felt like totally the wrong way […]