Route: Vega de Valcarce - Biduedo. First of all, I need to apologize for an information I gave yesterday. We were not in Galicia as yet. There I arrived half way the ascend to O Cebreiro. Today was a nice but strenuous day. The ascend to O Cebreiro is long and steep. We climbed from 629 to 1350 m. The surroundings are beautiful and the fact that the sun was out made it just so more enjoyable. I had good company along the way, again of all kind of nationalities. Not earlier seen were a Cheque lady living in England and a Brazilian student living in Barcelona with whome I walked some time. Interesting people. At the same time, I came across a number of people I have been seeing in the last couple of days. ... read more

Another day an other experience. For the first time during this trip it really rained this morning, but in the end it lasted only a couple of hours and the skies clearedagain. When I am writing this, I have arrived at my destination for today and am now less than 200 kms from Santiago. Today was a short day just to see how the shoes and the buttock wereholding up. Both fine, thank you. After a great night sleep withoutpain, I took the road somewhat later than usual. Probably because of the time I almost walked the whole day on my own. I covered slightly over 24 kms in about 5 hours. The group that I have been walking with ... read more

Route: Astorga - Rabanal del Camino 3 weeks on the road, amazing. Interesting to think, as a fellow traveler pointed out to me, that in the Camino there are no obligations. The only real commitment is getting on the road and walk, nothing more than that. I wonder how that will be once I am back in Venezuela. Today a somewhat peculiar day. I have been suffering from a pain in a buttock, the right one for the people interested. I have had some assumptions on what it could be. The first one was shoes. The Hi Tech's I came with and that I changed yesterday, have lost all traction and my heels have been hurting like hell. The second thought was bad carrying of the backpack. Last night I noticed a large "morado" on my ... read more

Route: León - San Martin del Camino A day with good points and bad ones. After a good night sleep I felt well rested and walked without any diffilties with my feet. The road was boring, most of day I walked next to the highway and I had to pass some 5 km through León. The weather was overcast all day with a very strong headwind. Temperature in the low teens at best, although some warmer than yesterday. Except for the first kilometeres, I virtually walked the whole 25 km in the 6 hours, alone. Not all that great. As I said, only the first part walked with companion, a young German that I met while trying to find my way out of León. We walked some 1,5 hours together had lunch and we left separately. ... read more

Route: Calzadilla de los Hermanos - Mansilla de las Mulas A bit of a complicated day. A walk of about 17 km without coming to a village. Not sitting down regularly, thus walking too long, hurt my feet (blisters). Fortunately nothing serious, but annoying. We did relatively little distance (24) in too much time 6.30 hours. Part of road we walked today is part of the old roman road system. Parts are maintained as an historical monument and as such are ringfenced. Interesting, walking on historical grounds. Very little to share for the day except for a French lady lowering her pants to relieve herself right in front of a couple of elderly Spanish ladies who turned around to me throwing her hands in the air exclaiming "peregrinos" and looking at me in horror. The French ... read more