Our pilgrimage continued today in Fatima, Portugal. We spent the day at the sanctuary of Fatima. We went to an English Mass at the Chapel of the Apparitions, which is the site of the first apparition in May 1917. We visited the basilica which has the tombs of the 3 children visionaries, Lucia, Jacinta and …
Closed the chapter of our Camino to Santiago but our adventure continues as we pilgrimage to Fatima. We rented a car in Santiago and drove in pouring rain most of the way. We saw some poor pilgrims crossing an overpass from the Camino Portuguese. Highlight of the day was a stop outside of Porto for …
It was great to sleep a little later this morning and not have to pack up and go. We spent the day exploring Santiago and the cathedral. We went to confession and then to the pilgrims Mass at noon and again were treated to the botafumeiro. It was a special Mass to honor Blessed Jose …
No words are adequate to express the depth of emotion we felt walking into the plaza and seeing the cathedral here in Santiago. I have seen pictures of the cathedral for so many years and never could picture Anthony and me in the foreground. It is hard to comprehend that we travelled 500 miles by …
A nice relatively flat walk today of about 12 miles to O Pino, also called Pedrouzo or Arce. It is interesting how many towns in Spain have multiple names. The forecast was for rain all day so we were ready with rain gear. However, the sun even came out for a bit and we only …
Not sure when 10 miles started to be considered a short little walk?! But today that is exactly what it felt like. We left before daylight as we were expecting rain and, thankfully, we beat the rain to Arzúa. Many more pilgrims on the path today but it was relatively quiet. We noticed that there …
13.5 miles today. it was pretty flat with a couple of climbs. We were expecting rain but it didn’t start raining until we got to Melide. Melide is where the Camino Primitivo and the Camino Frances meet so when we got here we found that we were amid a huge number of new faces from …
It was a nice 17.5 miles today from Lugo- mostly flat with a few hills. We left before the sun came up. The scenery is so different in this part of the Camino. We walked a lot on roads but some pretty paths. We passed eucalyptus forests that were definitely planted in rows. Wonder what …
We were so tired when we got here last night that I didn’t update the blog until this morning so 2 posts today. Make sure you check out our journey to Lugo. I believe we earned this rest day in Lugo. It was nice to sleep a little later and not have to pack everything …
20 miles today. I looked at my Apple Watch at the end of the day and I had almost 43,000 steps today.As expected, the terrain was much flatter with just a few hills. We made sure to stop and rest often and were both very happy to be able to wear shoes instead of boots. …