Dave and I had a slow morning today, mostly because we have found a friend who is carrying an electric razor, so Dave took the opportunity to borrow it and give himself a haircut. We had a very easy walking day today, after our long day yesterday, as we really need to catch up on […]
In spite of having a private room last night, we both woke up rather exhausted. As a weekend night, the café below us seemed to be having a rollicking party until the wee hours. Our bed was somewhat hammock shaped, which was uncomfortable on our sore backs and shoulders. We allowed ourselves the chance to […]
We walked a lot of today with our new friends Zak, from Oregon. We had coffee together at the nearby café (and utilized the wifi of course) then began our short day to Luarca/Al Muña. The walk was pleasant but somewhat unremarkable. There were a few confusing spots with arrows indicated in more than once […]
We didn’t get much sleep last night, mostly because Dave felt some creepy crawlies in his bed so we moved to the dining room and slept on our foam mats on the floor, but were awakened at 6:30 by some enterprising German fellows who were starting before dawn to do an extra long day. Our […]
We had a glorious, restful day which began with a lovely breakfast in our hotel. Toast and crepes with plenty of cafe con leche. We utilized the wifi to get some work done until 11am, letting our clothes finally dry thoroughly in the sunshine. We hit the road around 11am passing out of El Pitu […]
Dave and I both slept great last night for some reason. Though there were a few snorers and some late-night talkers, something about the mattresses and the cool breeze outside was conducive to sleep. We got up fairly early and went in to the old city to explore the historic buildings of Avilés more. We […]
We managed a relatively early start this morning and headed straight to the Post Office to mail away our extra weight. We left feeling much lighter after mailing over 5 kilos and were delighted to the find that the Spanish postal service offers a “paquete peregrino” special rate, so our package cost only €6.17. The […]
We were feeling so tired this morning, I think we were likely still dehydrated from the day before. We took a bus in to Gijón city center but just didn’t have the energy to walk the 25km to Avilés, so we checked into a very cheap pension (€20 dbl, nice big room but not very […]
This was a long day, over 30km by the time we finally stopped walking for the day. While the trail so far has been mainly flat or rolling hills, today there were two small mountain passes (around 450m) to cross. We were sweating buckets in the very humid weather and were having trouble drinking enough […]
We left early this morning, intending to do an easy 15 km to the Sebrayu albergue. The weather was beautiful and the rural scenes idyllic. We arrived at the Sebrayu albergue around 12:30pm. It is a little former schoolhouse in a tiny tiny hamlet in the middle of nowhere. There are signs by the door […]