Camino de Santiago: Day 5, Larrasoaña, Spain Distance from Larrasoaña to Pamplona, Spain – 18.7 kilometres When we left Larrasoaña it was grey, cold and occasionally drizzling, but the weather was not as unpromising as the day before. Having learned a lesson about the...
Go to Day 4, Espinal, Spain Distance from Espinal to Larrasoaña, Spain – 27.7 kilometres Rainy Day on the Camino de Santiago The forecast called for a cold morning, just above freezing, cloudy, but no rain. Things looked encouraging when I looked out the window of the...
Camino de Santiago: Day 3, Refuge Orisson, France Distance from Refuge Orisson to Espinal, Spain – 26.6 kilometres. Horses on the Camino de Santiago After a fitful night’s sleep, we woke at Refuge Orisson about half an hour before sunrise. The room and the...
Camino de Santiago: Day 2, St. Jean Pied de Port Distance from Saint Jean Pied du Port to Orisson 8.4 kilometres. The weather in Saint Jean Pied du Port this morning turned out to be unexpectedly fair. The cloudy skies of the night before had given way to bright...
Camino de Santiago: Day 1, St. Jean Pied de Port Today was Sarah’s birthday and we love St. Jean Pied de Port so much we decided to spend another day here just walking around and soaking in the scenery. We also didn’t want to spend the birthday...
St. Jean Pied de Port at Dusk Today Sarah and I begin our four week or so walk across the Pyrenees and northern Spain along the fabled Camino de Santiago (sometimes mistakenly called Camino del Santiago). I am traveling very light, with only an iPad and smartphone to...
