Armchair Travel With Martha

Last night we enjoyed a wonderful dinner with new friends, pilgrims from south Orange County in California.   A touch of home.  They starte...

Had a sleep.in morning and left about 9 am.  Beautiful full moon was still visible in the sky....hope to wake early one morning this week a...

We were awake early so left before daylight,  jim got to use a headlamp.  It was a wet foggy morning as we joined a steady stream of pilgri...

It was a beautiful Sunday morning, a bit foggy, for our seven mile walk over four hours.   By the time we arrived in Portomarin the sun was...

I thought I was the only still on the trail that started early in August but today we met the young German man who I've stayed with and...

A long day that started at 5:30 am to the tune of multiple snores surrounding me.  It's now after 9 pm and Jim is already asleep in our...

This is my last solo day as tomorrow I will walk two miles into Sarria and met Jim when he arrives by bus from Madrid.  He's still enjo...

Had a bit of fog during the morning but overall it's another beautiful day in Spain.  Today I walked 6.79 miles in four hours.  No plac...

The dinner last night was a communal type with the entire albergue at a huge table. We each had a bowl, soup spoon , knife, fork and glass....

Village church bells in Padornelo My favorite first course at dinner It's another glorious day in Spain.  Cool in the morn...

I was thrilled that I was able to post those photos yesterday.  We had unusually good wifi...not so today.  It's a lovely little alberg...

Have arrived for the night in Laguna de Castillo at a lovely new albergue and only nine euros for a bed. We are just below the summit of ...

I've been asked about the size of the villages.  Ruitelan, where I am tonight has albergues and a bar.  No stores, no grocery store, no...

Last night it turned out the albergue was not serving dinner which was perfect.  I walked back to the bar where I'd had my tea and cake...

Last night's dinner with Ines, the girl from germany was very nice.  We discovered that we actually saw each other several times on the...