Author: Jeff Home
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Grapes and gripes
It seems everyone on the Camino has heard of the winery (Irache) with an outdoor tap that serves vino tinto (red wine) for free to passing Peregrino (pilgrims walking the Camino). It’s a great bit of marketing for the winery who make a point of exclaiming the tap is to help encourage the pilgrims. It…
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Medieval Streets, Poppies and Wheat
As we left Puente la Reina we walked through the medieval town with narrow cobbled streets and ancient doorways. The stone buildings really seemed to stare down on us disapprovingly as we left the town (after a morning coffee and pastry, of course). Like the day before, we swiftly found ourselves walking along the Camino…
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Flora along the Way
Most of the time we stroll by plants at the side of the road and rarely give them a second thought. Today I took the time to focus on some of the familiar and not so familiar plants along the Camino trail. Imagine being able to treat the Camino trail as a larder! So many…
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Just one week to go
With just over seven days remaining until we embark on our pilgrimage, everything is taking on a feeling of permience. After so long spent thinking and planning this pilgrimage, I’m both excited and nervous about what lies ahead for us. A journey of 1000 miles begins with a single step. Did the first step begin…