Okay, I’m back from another hiatus. Right now we are spending some time in the South of France. We have several friends here and the suggest things to do for us. One such friend is Francesco. We met Francesco several years ago when we hired him to be our ski guide/instructor in Courchevel. Since that…
Wild Mushroom Foraging
Hi! It’s been awhile, hasn’t it? I’ve been in London for the last several months and thought I’d post one of the fun and unusual things that I’ve done. It was a gift from some very good friends of mine for my birthday this year. It was a Wild Foraging course with www.totallywilduk.co.uk. The actual…
Nicoya Peninsula
I’ve lived in Costa Rica for well on 20 years now, with a brief time in Austin. I’ve never spent much time in the Nicoya Peninsula. Why? Various reasons: its a long drive over there, and usually when friends visit, we go to the usual places near Jacó so we can come back to the…
Day 41 ~ O Pedrouzo to SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELLA – THE END!
We ate breakfast and were just finishing our last breakfast on the road, when a Brit, Emilia, with her labrador, Frankie, came in the restaurant. We spent some time chatting with her. She and Frankie also started in Roncesvalles. I asked about how difficult it must have been finding places to stay. She said she…
Day 40 ~ Arzúa to O Pedruzo
Who woulda thought that I would have said, “Meh, it’s only 13 miles. No big deal.” Not me, that’s for sure. But….it was easy peasy lemon squeezy. We only stopped once to get another jolt of coffee around 10. Well, we stopped briefly at noon to grab a sello (stamp) for our pilgrim passport. It’s…
Day 39 ~ Palas de Reí to Arzúa
We started out at 7:30 this morning. The idea was to find a breakfast place as we walked thru town since we were at the edge. Not one thing was open. Bill said he was very disappointed in Palas de Reí. Evidently dinner last night was not great either. That has been the worst part…
Day 38 ~ Portomarin to Palas de Reí
The sunrise isn’t until 8:45am. Which is really weird for me. Living in Costa Rica, I’m used to the sun coming out at 5am. We have been leaving, or trying to leave, at 8am every day. Today it was 8:07 or so. It was dark. Bill finally got his headlamp out when we hit the…
Day 37 ~ Sarria to Portomarin
Brrr. It was a little chilly this morning when we started out. But, we had a proper breakfast….with eggs…so we felt strong, despite the news from the night before. For the most part it was a nice day. Lots of cows again. I really wish we could include the smells along the way. 🤣😂 Not…
Day 36 ~ Triacastela to Sarria
I did not sleep well last night. I had a glass of ‘house’ wine with ‘dinner’ and it messed with my sinuses. That happens periodically with some wines. I ended up taking, what I thought was, an allergy pill. Nope. It was cold medicine. I could definitely breathe, but I now couldn’t sleep. According to…
Day 35 ~ Las Herrerías to Triacastela
We didn’t get started this morning until 9:30. We had a leisurely breakfast and then I starting working on some things for my husband, and missed getting my one BIG bag to the Correos. But, Bruce ran downstairs and thankfully the Correo truck was still there and I was able to get my bag to…