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Beginning March 1, my husband and I walked from Santo Domingo de la Calzada to Astorga on the CF. Prior to our trip, I had contracted with Jacotrans to move our bags for 21 straight days. Unfortunately, by our 14th day I had contracted a...
During our first camino frances (2015), my wife developed leg pain and learned about backpack transport from another pilgrim / angel in Carrion de los Condes. We started sending her backpack ahead each day using Jakotrans. Two years later, we...
Since our earliest Caminos, Joe and I have stayed with the wonderful Benevente family at El Refugio Hosteria in Rabanal del Camino. Cristina and Antonio have always been so kind to us as pilgrims. Their sister, Pilar, has been serving as chef...
Hello everyone! I’m new to the forum but I’m loving it so far. I just finished day 3 out of ~33 of my Camino and am in Pamplona. It’s been a lovely walk so far and I just wanted to share my blog in case anyone would like to know what a...
PS: I should also have said that I love the meseta. Open spaces and skies, natural uncluttered rural landscapes, the Roman road, perfect pueblos, it’s the best place to get inside the rhythm of your walking, of the moment, and of your thoughts.
My partner and I walked the meseta from Burgos to Leon in February a couple of years ago and it was marvellous. Although the meseta is uniformly elevated, it doesn’t have very high peaks as say, on Day 1 out of St Jean, or later at O Cebreiro...
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