Sunday, April 7, 2024   It is nice when a hostel has a continental breakfast available for its guests, whether free or for a nominal fee;...

Saturday, April 6, 2024   My phone alarm went off at 6 a.m. After morning routines and rearranging my backpack, I went down for the...

Friday, April 5, 2024   I arrived in Lisbon about 10:45 a.m. and headed for baggage claim, hoping my backpack arrived intact. My first...

Thursday, April 4, 2024   My Camino Portuguese started after many months of waiting. The anticipation grew as the departure date grew...

A New Adventure Begins     The Camino de Santiago gets in your blood. It starts with a calling. Somehow, you learn about this special...

Prologue     620 km (390 miles) from Lisbon to Santiago de Compostela. 260 km (160 miles) from Porto to Santiago de Compostela.   In...

I had a great experience walking the Camino Frances in the fall of 2021. When I returned home I kept thinking that I wanted to do it...

I am happy to announce that the paperback version of my book, Another Camino Story, is now available on Amazon. Click Here to get your...

It has been a few days since I’ve posted anything on my blog. My apologies. It’s just very tedious for me to try to type out everything...

9/29/2021 Yesterday we arrived in Burgos. We took a path to avoid walking through the industrial area on the outskirts of town. Walked...

Today was a good day walking with cool temperatures and no rain. Finally, after nine days of walking we were together the entire day....

Monday September 20, 2021 We were up at 6AM and gathered our things to head out for the day. It is now a little after 7AM. Rick and Dave...

Sunday September 20, 2021 Today we are in Pamplona after thirteen miles which was easier then the last couple days. Yet, there were many...

We left our room in St Jean Pied de Port about 6:30 AM to start waking the Camino de Santiago after a two night stay in SJPDP. We were...

Rick and I left Orlando for a 741AM departure to JFK Airport, leaving the house about 5AM. I was up at 330 to have time to shower and...

It looks like the world is slowly finding a way back to normalcy after more than a year with covid-19. The Spanish borders have opened to...

I set up a Google Alerts for the terms “Camino de Santiago” hoping to learn more about the “Way of Saint James,” an experience I look...

It’s still not clear when the European borders, especially France and Spain, will open for travel from the United States. Due to the...

Walking is cathartic. Somewhere I read a comment saying that walking was cathartic. To be sure I understood the comment correctly, I...

Walking to Santiago I look at the pilgrim’s Camino de Santiago de Compostela in Spain as a metaphor for life. Each individual’s journey...