The Virgin Mary on the Camino
On our walk on the Camino de Santiago we visited many chapels, churches, cathedrals and basilicas. We couldn’t count them all, and in each and every church was a statue, painting or carving of...
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The Hotels On Our Pilgrimage
So many hotels, thirty-nine in a forty-nine day trip. It was truly strange checking into a hotel and checking out the next day, and then do it again and again, especially when they were...
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Church Baptismal Fonts Along the Camino
Chris and John visited every church they could find open along the Camino. Chris became intrigued with the baptismal fonts in each church. Almost all were carved from one piece of stone. Most of...
Santiago on the Camino
Saint James is with each pilgrim on the Camino, all along the Way. He has many representations that we recorded with our cameras. He is in one statue, a pilgrim with his staff and...
The Final Post- Home At Last
The flight home was long, three different flights. We first flew from Granada to Barcelona and had a two hour lay-over. The next leg was Barcelona to Toronto and after two movies, two meals,...
The City of Granada: The Alhambra- The Red Fortress
The Alhambra is a UNESCO World Heritage Palace and Fortress site which sits on an outcrop of the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range above the city of Granada. It is one of the most famous...
The City of Granada
Similar as when we arrived in Seville, we were not quite up for Granada. As you can expect we are weary pilgrims, and no matter how many times you have done it, entering a...
Seville- The Pearl of Andalusia
Seville was a city of culture shock to us. Santiago was a blessed place and as we entered Seville we were shocked with a whole different feeling. It is an amazing city, our minds...
The Rest of Santiago
The rest of Santiago seems to most be about food in that during the three days in Santiago, we had set up reservations at three Michelin restaurants. We so enjoy fine dinning with a...
Cathedral de Santiago de Compostela
The Cathedral de Santiago was by far the church we felt most connected to emotionally and spiritually of all the many churches we visited on the Camino. We spent thirty-eight days working so very...
Camino Day Thirty-Eight- Arzua to Santiago de Compostela (14.0 Miles)
On our last walk today on the Camino de Santiago into Santiago de Compostela there was an undercurrent of excitement. There was truly a magic in the air and everyone we passed (we have...
Camino Day Thirty-Seven- Arzua to A Rua (11.6 Miles)- Second To Last Walk on the Camino de Santiago
Our body and minds are tired. We are on our second to last walk on the Camino. We don’t quite know yet our emotions. We are very excited for tomorrow and our walk into...
Camino Day Thirty-Six- Palas de Rei to Arzua (19.5 Miles)
We started day thirty-six with a lovely breakfast served by an El Salvadorian young lady who served us fruit, toast, coffee, orange juice, and a poached egg over a whipped potato and caramelized onions...