Finding a routine May 30, 2022 After a quick breakfast at the Albergue this morning, I left Grado with Alice and the German duo, Sabine and Ernest. Ernest is 84 years old and has walked the Camino Primitivo several times. He doesn’t speak English but Sabine, who’s about my age, […]
Camino Primitivo Stage 1- Oviedo to Grado
Here we go! May 29, 2022 After a decent night’s sleep, I wanted to get an early start so I was ready to go by 7:00. I thought the streets would be deserted since I was starting on Saturday morning. I was wrong! There were still many partiers from the […]
Camino de Santiago
The Way of Saint James What started as a religious pilgrimage one thousand years ago, the Camino de Santiago or Way of St. James, has evolved into a long-distance hiker’s dream. Walking hundreds of miles through the Spanish countryside has become a challenge for many walkers from around the world. […]
How I plan my adventures
Planning an overseas hiking trip It can be a bit intimidating when thinking about planning a hiking trip especially when it’s overseas. Where can you find the information you need? Should you book it yourself? Hire a tour company? Well, I’ve done it both ways and there are definitely advantages […]
Machu Picchu
The reward at the end of our journey July 22, 2019 We made our way through Aguas Calientes early in the morning to catch our bus. Machu Picchu sits high above Aguas Calientes and you can take a bus or hike to the entrance. It took 15 minutes to make […]

