Tag: travel
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Getting Back In The Groove
May 16 & 17 I am getting back in the groove at home. MY groove. After an amazing and lengthy time away in Portugal and Spain. That phrase is one I have used many times without much thought yet just now it is striking a new chord. A groove is a channel, a trench, perhaps…
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The Way Of Saint James
April 19, 2018 Day 14 on The Camino The Way of St. James, or El Camino de Santiago, is an ancient Catholic pilgrimage. In centuries past, folks would head out from their European homes and just start walking to Santiago de Compostela where the bones of apostle St. James are purported to be buried. Sometimes…
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Sunshine On My Shoulders Make Me Happy
April 16, 2018 Day 11 on The Camino This morning we left at 7 AM so that we could incorporate time into our schedule to stop and have a bite to eat. Me, I made a sandwich out of grocery supplies that I still had on hand… Making our way out of Lugo this morning…
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We Got Really, Really High Today!
April 11, 2018 Day 6 on The Camino This is the message I sent to my family: “Made it to Berdeucedo – pretty tough day! We had rain, many HUGE hills, as well as horrendous downhills, snow, and well, it was just a tough day! We fricken climbed a mountain!!! No Internet at our albergue,…
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Strolling Seville
Well, I did my usual – I set out early with destinations in mind, got lost – and then found, as landmarks came together and my surroundings began to make sense and fall in to place…!! I still have one more day here in Seville, so as is par for the course, I will totally…
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Man, I am not complaining, but I am tired!!!
Sooo – I arrived in Seville via fast train this morning, observing lovely countryside along the way. My hotel is awesome and is in the Santa Cruz neighborhood. I walked “around the block” a couple of hours ago and there are so many amazing and massive historical buildings right near me!!! I have been amazed…
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Córdoba
Day 30 The historic quarter in Córdoba is a World Heritage Site. In the 10th century this city had 1,000 mosques, 800 Arab baths, and an advanced street lighting system! And you can’t miss the Great Mosque on its landscape. As in the other places I have visited, the history is palpable walking by and…
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Am I There Yet?!?!
Day 29 Today as I headed to Cordoba (my home for the next two nights), I caught a train to Madrid, took a subway train to another station across the city and on to another train bound for Seville. To be humbly honest, I was pretty nervous about it all, because as I’ve said, my…
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Last night in Zamora
Today we checked into our albergue and tomorrow we set out! Here is my bed & view: Did I mention that there are stork nests EVERYWHERE??!? (Not sure how the WiFi will be so future posts may be sporadic…)
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Day 6 – Palm Sunday
It has been very enjoyable wandering around the center of Zamora – so many ancient buildings! This was a walled city with a castle centuries ago and some of that enclosure still remains. In fact, we look at a bit of the wall outside our Airbnb. We could also see last night’s Palm Sunday Procession…