Pilgrims on the Way

After a slight break for a little vacation involving hockey and bookstores, we’re back! We took our second breakfast at the café of the Albergue Filloval with Anya, when who should we see walking around the corner but Eamon! I started walking with him waaay back on my first day on Camino, but we hadn’t seen him after our short-cut […]

All along the Camino in Galicia, you will see these tiny waterfalls – springs, really. The air is alive with the sound of splashing and trickling as you walk. The ground here is absolutely saturated because, as the saying goes, “the rain in Spain falls mainly in Galicia”. Date: 26 April 2013Place: between Biduedo and Filloval (Province of Lugo, Galicia, […]

In the village of Biduedo (or Viduedo, depending on who you ask), the locals have found a solid use for their old, obsolete farm equipment. Here, they’ve built a fence of it, but there are other places in the village where they’ve set them up as monuments. Date: 26 April 2013Place: Biduedo (Province of Lugo, Galicia, Spain)Today started: Fonfría (Province […]

No, I can’t properly explain why I find old rusty farm equipment sitting outside to be so photogenic. There’s just something that appeals to the romantic in me, I suppose. Like the bones of some dinosaur embedded in a cliff face, they are reminders of a world gone but now freshly remembered in its remains. Date: 26 April 2013Place: between […]

As we started walking that morning, the mists of Galicia closed in around us. There’s something both mysterious and intimate in those mists that I find difficult to explain, but once you’ve walked there, you will understand. Date: 26 April 2013Place: Fonfría (Province of Lugo, Galicia, Spain)Today started: Fonfría (Province of Lugo, Galicia, Spain)

The next morning, we asked the hospitalero to take a photo of our little Camino family. From left to right: me, Iain, Francine, Bob, and Anja. There’s a fork in the road coming up, and while some of us are heading directly to Sarria, some of us are instead taking the alternative route to the ancient Benedictine abbey of Samos. […]

After dinner, we all sort of collapsed. Well, not all of us. Iain and a Japanese fellow named Su took turns playing the albergue’s guitar and singing. It was a splendid evening, even if we were exhausted! Francine, Anja, Bob, and I watched and listened. There was hardly any snoozing. Date: 25 April 2013Place: Fonfría (Province of Lugo, Galicia, Spain)Today […]

If you stay at the albergue in Fonfría, dinner is down the hill at this amazing place. The food was outstanding, as was the company. More on that next week! Date: 25 April 2013Place: Fonfría (Province of Lugo, Galicia, Spain)Today started: Vega de Valcarce (Region of El Bierzo, Province of León, Castilla y León, Spain)