by Maggii | Sep 11, 2019 | Camino Frances
We spent last night in Atapuerca. The prehistoric caves of Atapuerca have been declared a UNESCO World Heritage site. Fossils were discovered here during the laying of a railway line and excavation of the site began in 1964. Since then some fossils have been dated...
by Maggii | Sep 10, 2019 | Camino Frances
Multi lingual Dave is feeling very happy with himself. After only two weeks in Spain he is starting to pick up the lingo. He now knows the words vino tinto and his accent improves after an evening of practice. We began our day to another brilliant sunrise. Couldn’t...
by Maggii | Sep 9, 2019 | Camino Frances
Rung Out Dave stumbled – literally – down the stairs and out onto the street this morning at 7 a.m.. We had stayed in the old church of Saint Juan Bautista in Granon. We were offered loving hugs from the hospitalera but no sello – stamp for our...
by Maggii | Sep 7, 2019 | Camino Frances
We stayed last night in Azofra. A nice little town with a declining population of 250 residents. Like many of the smaller towns on the Camino it owes much of its existence to the pilgrims on the Camino. From 1168 Azofra has had a pilgrim hostel. In medieval times...
by Maggii | Sep 6, 2019 | Camino Frances
Our first contact with rain today. Well wet weather anyway as it was only a light drizzle but the clouds were telling a different story. With all of the beautiful weather that we had been having we had been lulled into a false sense of security and our wet weather...