Days 22-27: Vilar de Mazarife to Astorga to Rabanal del Camino to Ponferrada to Villafranca del Bierzo to Hospital de la Condesa to Samos (AKA “No Chinchas!”)

Since I last left you hanging on by a thread last Tuesday, so much has happened. Let’s start with the basics: I’ve walked 170km (106 miles), gotten sick, gotten (and eradicated) bed bugs, been guided up a hill by a 150lb mutt dog which scared the living daylight out of me, saved a sheep which […]

Days 20 & 21: Mansilla de las Mulas to León to Villar de Mazarife

After a quiet and peaceful evening in the town of Mansilla, we allowed ourselves to sleep in a little bit and have a slow breakfast. Didn’t even hit the Camino until 8:30am which is super late! It was only 18km to the busy city of León and I couldn’t find any reason to try and […]

Days 16, 17, 18 & 19: Frómista to Carrión de los Condes to Terradillos de los Templarios to Calzadilla de los Hermanillos to Mansilla de las Mulas (AKA “This Is Very Exhausting”)

It has been about 100 kilometers since I last updated the blog. Oof. One day goes by, and then two. Then you have to do a huge load of laundry and get exhausted and push it another day. Then you have to spend an hour and a half hand-stitching up your boots and another day […]

Days 14 & 15: Hornillos del Camino to Castrojeriz to Frómista (AKA “There are UPs and there are DOWNs”)

Day 14 on my own was a pretty okay day (as I last left you, here on this bloggy thing). I made my way to an albergue, then met some new friends in the street, who invited me to their pilgrim-created dinner – a thrown together Spanish-infused Italian pasta feast, attended almost entirely by Germans. […]