We left Najera eaaaaarly in the morning as usual and set out for a little town called Santo Domingo de la Calzada.  Since we left so early each morning, the first hour and a half or so of our walk was in darkness.  But once the sun came up, the light was AMAZING. On this […]

A few days ago we received the most endearing email from our friend Shawn.  He’s one of the coolest guys we met while on the Camino, you’ll meet him here on the blog later.  I just wanted to give him a little shoutout here on the blog because his email really warmed my heart and […]

Some people do the Camino de Santiago for fun.  I´m still not quite convinced why.  I thought I was ready for it, it sounded so much easier than our Appalachian Trail in the states, and it is…but our first couple of days were HARD! The Camino de Santiago is an ancient pilgrimage route across the […]

So if you’ve paid attention on this blog, you know Martin and I are about to embark on a big adventure.  Tomorrow morning we will catch a bus to  St. Jean Pied-de-Port, a little town in France very close to the Northeastern Spanish border.  Here we will start the Camino de Santiago, a pilgrimage trail […]