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Day 34 – I made it!
May 19, 2026 – Santiago de Compostela
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Days 32 & 33, to Arzúa & 0’Pedrouzo
May 17 and 18, 2026 20 kilometres to go, tomorrow I get to Santiago! Two more days have gone by, walking through woods, fields and small towns, up and down and up and down. The landscape hasn’t changed much, except that there are more and more eucalyptus trees. They are not native to Spain, but…
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Days 30 & 31, to Portomarín & Palas de Rei
May 15 and 16, 2026 It’s been two days of walking through the Galician countryside. The first day it drizzled and rained the whole way, about 20K, but it wasn’t unpleasant, rather beautiful in some ways. I crossed the 100K to Santiago marker! The Camino goes up and down and up and down through fields…
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Day 29, to Barbadelo
May 14, 2026 On the Camino last year my brother and I walked from Samos to Sarria where we stayed the night. The next day we took the bus from Sarria to a town 10 K before Santiago, stayed the night there, and the next morning walked the last 10 K into Santiago. This year…
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Day 28, to Samos
May 13, 2026 128 km left to go and six days to get it done. I can do it! I am in Samos tonight. This morning it was beautiful to leave in the cool morning air, hear birds and cow bells, and smell the clean, fresh air of a day after rain. It was also…
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Day 27, to Fonfría
May 12, 2026 The Camino today was a relatively short walk (about 20K) in rain and drippy fog. I crossed from León into Galicia, where it always rains I’m told. It was up La Laguna: And more up to O’Cebreiro: Then up and down and up and down to Liñares: Next up to Alto de San…
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June 9 – At the End of the World
0.000 kms We walked the Camino Francés, and now we also walked the Camiño a Fisterra. I got my Fisterrana. It was an overall pleasant walk, except for one day when it rained and was windy all day. But we got to stay at a beautiful albergue that night! The last 2 days, from Oliveroia…
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June 3 & 4 – To Ventosa and then Negreira
We started the walk to Fisterra. We walked 2 short stretches, June 3 to Ventosa, the next day to Negreira. View of the cathedral in Santiago from a high point a couple kms out of Santiago. There are a lot of eucalyptus trees in this part of Spain. It makes for a great smelling walk.…
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June 2nd – Santiago de Compostela
WE DID IT! My Compostela All my stamps from the Camino Francés Tomorrow a new chapter, our last in Spain. We start to walk to Fisterra, on the Atlantic Ocean. It should be a couple of peaceful walking days, getting to the end of the world as the Romans knew it – and getting ready…
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June 1st – Almost There
It’s been a long journey. Starting on April 24 at St-Jean-Pied-de-Port in France, over the Pyrenees into Spain. A few wet and muddy days, many sunny clear days. Always following the yellow arrows, shells and other way-signs. We saw majestic church buildings and quiet, wide open wheat fields, bridges and sculptures, and flowers, so many…