Nearly completed 1/4 :)

 Posted by LP

We are celebrating (in advance) with a couple (or so) glasses of wine, cheers!….we are only a few miles short of completing a quarter of our 460 mile adventure :)


Photo - Buen Camino mural - map indicating the big cities on the way to Santiago 
Photo - mural of Camino hikers resting - think this is an accurate representation except the people look too clean 
Photo - the exterior of a charming church we visited this morning - fairly typical of the many we have seen
Photo - interior of the church - it is clearly well loved, with everything clean and polished 
Photo -VQT taking (another) photo of a sunflower 
Photo - LP and VQT, with Josh from Alaska and Isabel from Germany, doing a “big finish” - we are staying in a hotel and hostel (combined) in a huge rambling structure, built as a hospital (as in hospitality, not medical centre) for pilgrims hundreds of years ago, and attached to a monastery - it has been restored with some “dubious style” - it says in the review “everything looks better than it actually is” - we like it! 💚


Comments

  1. AnonymousSeptember 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM

    That hotel quote has to be one of the best ever! Congrats on your amazing progress! JK

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM

    Can't wait to hear more about the rambling hotel. How old are the mattresses?

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  3. CDZSeptember 9, 2025 at 8:44 PM

    seasoned pilgrims - you are in sandels!!

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  4. DeniseSeptember 9, 2025 at 10:44 PM

    I love the humble church exterior with the ornate altar. That’s what a church should look like.

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  5. AnonymousSeptember 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM

    You have every right to celebrate!! When the miles behind you get bigger and the ones in front are shrinking, that's wine worthy.

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  6. AnonymousSeptember 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM

    Oops that last one was me
    Cheryl P

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