3rd and last part... Day 5: we were part of the crazy few who ventured on the alternative route - the "Calzada Romana" - which ended with a 24 km stretch with nothing else than open fields under the burning…
Day 2: "Open your heart to silence"...."conserve your energy” …were we practicing mindfulness after our inspiring encounters the night before, or trying nicely “shut up” a group of loud pilgrims photo-shooting…
Today was a day of pain. After negotiating a reasonably pleasant morning with the Gods of the Dew, I get to fascinating Guernica for lunch time and I am caught by the scorching sun when lingering in…
Dairy of the Camino MMXVIII -Part 1 (Disclaimer: this piece is a caricature. Not meant to denigrate anyone or to dissuade people from doing the Camino. I'll try to prove that the Camino keeps on being…
"Cherry tree: all you can reach" says an imaginary note popping up in my mind. June is prime time for cherry looting, plucking bunches of fruits with greedy fingers. No crops are safe from birds and pilgrims!…
(Irun - Bilbao) I am getting old. After a bus ride on a broken unreclinable chair, my neck is sore and my head heavy and I haven't even started walking. My toiletry bag is lost and I gotta run buy a toothbrush.…
Fastforwarding my ass 280km from Bilbao to Oviedo, the starting point of the Camino Primitivo, was a sin that the gods won't forget... Day 1 My body is again wrecked by the bus trip and I find myself…
