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In 2014 I stayed with the Benedictine monks at Monasterio Benedictino San Salvador del Monte Irago in Rabanal del Camino. If you stay with them they ask you to stay 2 nights and join them in chanting the Divine Office throughout the day; joining them for lunch also. Rabanal del Camino is a...
I totally agree! There are so many wonderful places to stay, and so many wonderful people you will meet whose stories you will want to share. Don't plan the future. Live in the present and let your Camino unfold as I'm sure it will for you. Be prepared to change your plans.
Here's a photo I took on my 2014 Camino. I took it in the early morning after just leaving Terradillos de los Templarios. I didn't realise it at the time but I think I took the photo within a few 100 metres from where the cover photo of John Brierley's guidebook was taken (see inset) - the...
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