Author: Thom

You have to ask yourself who thought this was a good idea? This terrifying, squamous creature stands taller than me, and it beckons you to partake of the eldritch wares of the accursed shop behind. Just no. Date: 12 April 2013Place: Burgos (Province of Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain)Today started: San Juan de Ortega (Province of Burgos, Castilla y León, […]

I’m sitting with a stoic friend in the square in front of Burgos Cathedral. Carlos tried to get the fellow to have a more lively expression for the camera, but he was unmoved. Date: 12 April 2013Place: Burgos (Province of Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain)Today started: San Juan de Ortega (Province of Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain)

This slightly blurry photo is our friend and fellow pilgrim Carlos from Brazil. I met him on my first day, where he was giving honey to everyone he met – because “Brazilian bees make the best honey!” This photo illustrates some important things about Burgos and the Camino. That look on his face is a pretty typical pilgrim expression: exhausted. […]

After a break for the Easter Octave, we’re back! Once we were ensconced in the enormous Burgos municipal albergue, we met up with some of our lost pilgrim friends. I say “lost”, but they are just as likely to say that we were the ones who were lost! This lovely statue of the saint was in a niche in the […]

After our urban deathmarch, this was our first view of the old medieval city center of Burgos. We are definitely dragging by this point, and I want nothing more than a shower, dinner, and a bottle of vino tinto. The wonder that is Burgos would not hit me at once, but grow on me through the next hours. Date: 12 […]