Author: alhitstheroad

I woke up super early. Which was great because it gave me time to work on this. Being the only one in the hostel, I was able to fully utilize the wifi without any slowdowns. Uploading and downloading photos and videos. Bruce has be particularly frustrated with crappy wifi in the varios places we’ve stayed….

My alarm went off at 6:30, so I was able to get into the bathroom area and finish my morning routine just as Bill entered. The lights had come on in the dorm room, so everyone was starting to stir. We sat down to a lovely breakfast of 1 egg, 2 pieces of toast, coffee,…

Let’s just say the day didn’t start out as I had planned. Since Bill and Bruce are flying directly back from Spain to the US, and I couldn’t fit everything I thought I needed into my pack (I’ll let you know later if I really needed all I packed), so we are having the postal…

I wasn’t as sore as I anticipated when I got out of bed. The only parts of my body that were talking to me were my hip flexors, or the very top of my thighs. The first step up some stairs told me that it might be a very long day. We had another 13…

The pilgrims breakfast provided is usually just a couple pieces of bread with butter and jam with one cup of coffee. No free refills. But, once you get down the road there are cafes to stop at that have more stuff. Nothing super fancy. Usually more bread products. The church bell was pealing for the…

Our taxi dropped us off at our first accommodation on our Camino de Santiago. It’s a very, very small mountain town with a very, very big church founded in the 12th century, to help take care of the pilgrims along the way. You can read and see a bunch of cool stuff Here. I’m staying…

I’m skipping some days, just because there are only a few things we did that do not need to be documented. Or, I already posted them on my instagram site. @bigalwood or @alhitstheroad. We made it to Spain. Super easy flight on Ryanair which was only about an hour. We received all sorts of “you…

Several things have stood out on our drive around the southern part of the UK that are different from driving around the US. Other than driving on the wrong side of the road, that is. And yes. I’m driving. It’s getting easier. The roundabouts were difficult, but we’ve gone thru at least 50 in the…

We left London and headed to Bath for the night.  The entire city of Bath is a World Heritage site.  Not just part of it.  The whole city.  It is the only place in Britain that has hot springs, and the Romans built bath houses and such starting around 60 A.D.    Most of the…