Author: Jason

Difficult day turned out ok… sort of.  Day started out well.  Found a quick breakfast a few blocks from yesterday’s alburgue.  Got back on the Camino by 9:00am.   Lunch was a collection of sandwich makings...

iPhone camera doesn’t do justice to the size of the castle ruins on top of the hill.  It must have been a formidable structure when it was built in the 9th century.    As you can...

“(On the Meseta) there is little shade and so again we need to take care with the sun and carry plenty of water”.   – A Pilgrims Guide to Camino de Santiago  Ok, I got this...

Torn between chilling in Burgos one more day and maintaining a forward motion, I chose the latter.  In just one day I  was getting too used to calamari salad and gelato. A short 13km brought me...

Burgos does sacred architecture to scale.  It just overwhelms the senses to walk down a crowded street of shops, enter an open plaza and see a mass of spires, huge doors and arched passages.  And I’m...

Left Tosantos this morning knowing that I had a bit of a hike today.  The worst part were 2 peaks of about 500m to climb later in the day and they were part of the final...

Tosanto’s claim to fame is the “Our lady of the crag – Ermita de la Virgen de la Peña la Chiesa” hermitage built into the sides of the limestone cliffs. The church was locked but the...