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  1. MJB

    Food to bring to Spanish friend from US

    I really like the idea of maple syrup. Chocolate chips; good salt water taffy if there is some local to central Illinois (most are just tooth-achingly sweet and bland. I really like it from the Goldenrod in York, ME); peanut butter is very American. A seasonal pie like rhubarb or strawberry...
  2. MJB

    Two weeks on the Camino ANYWHERE in Spain

    I really enjoyed the Invierno. As Medulas is interesting and I'll bet beautiful in fall. (I've only been in spring and summer. Pretty then too.) The views of the valley of the Rio Sil are breathtaking. O Barco de Valdeorras is one the most agreeable small (13,000 population) cities in Spain...
  3. MJB

    Rest Day: Pontevedra, CaldasdeReis, or Padron?

    Pontevedra is a much bigger town with a very large pedestrianized historic center, beautiful architecture, and a great food and restaurant scene, including outstanding ice cream shops! You can easily spend a day or two there. Padron is smaller, but has a good sized historic center, including a...
  4. MJB

    Business ideas? - Just for fun!

    Gelateria in Caldas de Reis or Redondela on the Portugues. On a very warm August camino in 2022, we couldn't help notice these are the only towns on our Coastal/Central walk that lacked this critical service. Both are pleasant towns too. For anyone seriously interested, Bico de Xeado, a...
  5. MJB

    SdeC to Padron: A Day Trip

    The Casa Museo Rosalia de Castro has been modernized and is a compelling, small museum about Rosalia and the modern cultural history of Galicia. Right by the train station (if that is how you come down from Santiago). The tree-lined plaza (Rua Castelão) along the Rio Sar is a nice place to walk...
  6. MJB

    Porto to Vigo questions

    These are seaside resort areas with varied hotel options. Gronze lays them out in good detail. In the summer of 2022 my wife and I stayed in hotels nightly. Because we went in August, we pre-booked, especially for weekends. Viana do Castelo, Vila Praia da Ancora, A Guarda (especially...
  7. MJB

    Portuguese from Tui in August

    We walked last August from the coastal suburbs of Porto to Santiago and enjoyed it. We did the sendra litoral/coastal route as far as Redondela and then merged into the central route. (We had previously walked the central route.) We stayed in hotels, and my wife had her pack transported. It was...
  8. MJB

    Side visit to Barcelos or other nearby cities along the route

    It is. there are local busses (about 40 minutes) form Povoa de Varzim, Esposende or Viana do Castelo to Barcelos, depending on how early you want to leave the coast. From Barcelos to Braga busses run about every half hour. Very easy to find in Barcelos. They have big, graphic signboards with...
  9. MJB

    Oseira - Lalín?

    Estación de Lalín, also called Botos, is four and half kms from the center of Lalín. The albergue in A Laxe is about 7 km from Estacion de Lalín. There is a restaurant and hostal in Botos called A Taberna de Vento. I ate there, and a friend stayed there a few weeks back. No complaints.
  10. MJB

    Clearing Customs in Madrid?

    On April 5, I arrived at Terminal 4s, cleared customs in seconds and took the shuttle train into 4, where I took a Cercanias train to Chamartin to catch the RENFE intercity train to Zamora where I began my camino. Less than 90 minutes in total to Charmartin. The shuttle train and the many...
  11. MJB

    ALL NEW Route into Ourense - avoid the poligono and walk in nature!

    Is it waymarked?
  12. MJB

    Portuguese route from Tui Weather in October / November

    We went in mid-October. It rained eight days out of eleven, a couple of days so heavily that my phone (kept inside my sealed coat pocket or backpack most of the day) was disabled and I lost all our pictures. The week and a half before and the week and a half after us were much drier. So be...
  13. MJB

    Sarria - Is a stop over worth it?

    If you are not opposed to getting on the bus, Lugo is 35 minutes away, and the Roman wall, cathedral and churches, museum and restaurants more than repay a one-day visit. Monforte, also 35 minutes away, is not as big, but has one spectacular building (Colegio PP Escolapios), a castle (now...
  14. MJB

    LIVE from the Camino revising my camino strategy

    If you want a big meal of roast sucking pig or beef, and the beans and vegetables that accompany them, etc., Asador Maribel, on the uphill side of the aqueduct at Av. Padre Claret, 16, has great food, and the outdoor seating has wonderful views. https://www.restaurantemaribel.es
  15. MJB

    Clearing Customs in Bilbao BIO Airport

    Seconds. Just go and get your bag. Besides the bus to town there is another direct to San Sebastian too.
  16. MJB

    Interview with the new dean of the Cathedral in Santiago

    It was great interview. that you for spotting it.
  17. MJB

    Planning a “25 km or less” Camino on the Invierno

    It is worth walking close up to see the detail of these figures on the restored church at Diomondi. I was drawn to the Petos de Ánimas leaving Chantada. They have a simple feel reminiscent of 18th or early 19th century New England gravestones. This blog entry shows a host of older and more...
  18. MJB

    Planning a “25 km or less” Camino on the Invierno

    I love Monforte. On weekdays there is bit of charming provincial bustle. It's a little quiet on the weekends. The chapel of the Colegio del los Escolapios is very beautiful, if you can make it during the two hours a day it is open for tours (one on Sunday) or during Mass. I'm attaching a photo...
  19. MJB

    Planning a “25 km or less” Camino on the Invierno

    If you stay at the youth hostel in Quiroga and don't leave too early, there is a great bakery (with coffee and seating) right across the street, Panaderia Marisa. It opens at 8:00 am.
  20. MJB

    Planning a “25 km or less” Camino on the Invierno

    Hostal Mayo, a slightly dated 3* hotel in the center by Pension do Lar, and Hotel Malecon, a little more recently refreshed and very clean, hard by the Malecon. Unfortunately the owner of the Malecon goes away during the siesta, so if you trudge into town during siesta you have to camp out on...

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