El Camino, Day 11: to San Bol

Day 11: Burgos – San Bol:  16.5 miles Tuesday,  September 20, 2016:  Departed:  9:00am,  Arrived 3:45pm   Again, having the comfy and quiet of a private room in Burgos, we slept in later than the typical pilgrim would and got a fairly late start, which we didn’t feel...

El Camino, Day 10: to Burgos!!

Day 10:  San Juan de Ortega – Burgos:  16.2 miles Monday,  September 19, 2016:  Departed:  7:15am,  Arrived 1:45pm   Today, we walked a short spell through a forest with some moonlight, as the daylight emerged.  That gave way to fields, then into a few...

El Camino, Day 9: to San Juan de Ortega

Day 9:  Grañon – San Juan de Ortega:  24.8 miles Sunday,  September 18, 2016:  Departed:  6:45am,  Arrived 5:15pm   We left Grañon before daylight, and upon exiting the town we promptly donned our warmer layers and poncho in order to continue through rainy...

El Camino, Day 8: to Grañon

Day 8: Najera – Grañon:  17.4 miles Saturday,  September 17, 2016:  Departed:  8:15am,  Arrived 3:15pm We made our latest start of the Camino this morning.  We actually still got up pretty early at 6:30am, but having the private room without the normal commotion...

El Camino, Day 7: to Najera (unintentionally)

Day 7: Viana – Najera:  24 miles Friday,  September 16, 2016:  Departed:  7:00am,  Arrived 5:30pm Upon waking up, for the first time, we enjoyed the breakfast provided by our albergue (which mainly consists of drinks, bread and jam).  I took advantage of it and...