Another year, another stint as a Hospitalero Voluntario. I put my name into the hat at the end of August to help out in the second half of September if any Hospitalero dropped out. As fate would have it, The Camino called me back to Bercianos for a sequel to last year. Same location, but […]
Read more "Albergue Life"Intro I looked at my calendar for 2023 and it was filling up fast. There were plenty of fun trips and activities like visiting Ibiza, doing a grand North American tour and a potential van tour of Italy. However, it was lacking one thing: a Camino. It had been less than a year since doing […]
Read more "No More Half Measures: San Salvador + Primitivo"Wait, what is an Albergue? An albergue is essentially a hostel for pilgrims on The Camino. Most albergues are private; they are for-profit entities that are run like a business. Many private albergues are cozy, promote the spirit of the Camino and do communal dinners. Many are faceless macro-albergues – designed to be as minimal […]
Read more "The Albergue Diaries"It all began in Lisbon… The origins of this camino date back to early 2020 when Steph and I made a pact to do the Camino from Porto. I’m a Camino junkie and she is a curious newbie who is in love with the ceramic art of Portugal, especially in Porto. The plan basically created […]
Read more "El Camino Portugués"The beginning I’m not exactly sure when I first heard about “El Camino”. I think I had a vague notion of it before coming to Spain, but when I moved to Logroño and worked in Nájera (which are towns directly on the Camino) I started seeing pilgrims all the time. At first, I was confused […]
Read more "El Camino De La Vida"DAY 4 Día 4, Capítulo 1: Mutriku a Markina 5:00h-13:00h 20km The alarm goes off at 5AM. The life of the pilgrim starts early. I’m a light sleeper, so once I’m up, I’m up. After getting ready and downing my diesel insta-coffee, I’m the second pilgrim to leave the Albergue. The girls were sound asleep […]
Read more "Los Diarios del Camino del Norte: Capítulo 2"DAY 1 Day 1: Irun – Pasaia 16:00h-21:00h 16.7km Plan is set. 7 days, more or less. Irun to Bilbao. I’ll be sure to set my foot in France so that I can say I walked from France to my apartment. That has a nice ring to it, right? Packing light. Instead of a sleeping […]
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