After our 14-day walk on the Camino, we spent a couple of extra days in Santiago. But we were anxious to move on. We were tired of the cool, wet, cloudy days and wanted to go to another part of Spain. Initially we had planned to stay in northwest Spain (Galicia) and explore some of the other cities. But we changed our mind because while walking the Camino, we saw plenty of ancient, gothic towns. And we ate phenomenal Galician…
We have been intrigued about the Camino de Santiago de Compostela for several years, even before we retired and began traveling. We know one person who walked the Camino and when she described her experience, we thought that we might like to walk it someday. But the distance seemed daunting. We didn’t have a spiritual reason for walking the Camino but approached it as a physical challenge and a chance to visit Spain and Portugal. So, 6 months ago we…