Travelogues Galicia

Distance 97 kilometers, cumulative 2,543 kilometers | Elevation 1,370, cumulative 18,230 Today, it was particularly important to use the battery sparingly. The route was a big...

Monday morning - we start early again (7:10 AM) and well-lubricated (including the ears - O-Ton Schischi), as another hot day with 33 degrees is forecasted. Searching for the...

How does one put a day like this into words... We launched into the final stage while it was still dark. We walked the 14 km that were still on the agenda with light feet today....

This morning I started at 7 - it was still dark, which highlighted the lights on the beach particularly well. I chose the coastal path, so I walked almost the whole time along...

Finisterre, the end of the world. Just having that in my head really boosts my motivation in the morning. But I'm still a little sleepy at first. After walking slightly uphill...

Everyone in my room is a late riser. That's to my advantage today. I'm off at 8am. No breakfast, because the bar doesn't open until half past eight. A little further ahead,...

Shortly after saying goodbye to Timo, Lara, and Bo, we have already crossed the Spanish border. We are driving toll-free again, so our route takes us through the Pyrenees for a...

Buen Camino, girls! A local woman joyfully calls out to us! It lifts our spirits 😊 We started after coffee and croissant in the hotel bar with an overwhelmed waiter... and in...

Day seven… 24 km, sprinkled with good ascents. By 12:00 PM I had finished the ascent, and then it was, generously speaking, just straight ahead.Beautiful landscape, very green,...

This morning, a little after 7, we set off from Redondela. Shortly after the hostel, Carolina caught up with me, and we ran the first part of the route together. At first, it...

What a day of rest can do 🙂 After a very restful night, I was woken up this morning for the first time by my alarm instead of other pilgrims. Upon opening the window, I...

Yesterday evening I walked up and down the street and saw a foal that had just been hand-fed a bottle. I got chatting to the elderly lady on the farm. After dinner I went back...

I fell asleep relatively quickly, but then woke up a few times and around 5 a.m. I figured I could get up. I "only" have 19 kilometers on the program today and could sleep in,...

Finally stones and rock under your fingers again. I enjoyed it so much!

After the sea, it was time for a city again, off to Santiago. The road that the navigation system had chosen for us was gradually getting smaller, and eventually, we found...

The town of Foz

Endlich wieder am Meer!

Rainy Start

After a very warm night in the hostel, I was glad to finally be outside in the fresh air this morning 😅 I set off from the hostel shortly after 7. At the beginning, I walked...

This morning the plan was to relax and have a big breakfast. At 11:45am we took the bus back to Santiago, where the first thing we did was wash our clothes. Everything has to be...

The last real day is dawning. The last long stretch before my destination in Santiago de Compostela awaits me tomorrow. At 5am, however, everyone in the hostel was woken up...

A month ago today, on April 14, I set off from Saint Jean Pied de Port. Time flies here. It is impossible to share everything you experience here and to have all your...

After my laundry wasn't dry last night because the dryer wasn't working properly, I discovered this morning that my laundry hadn't dried overnight either, even after hanging it...

Now we have arrived in northern Spain, Galicia. What can I say? It is as green as Portugal, the Iberian peninsula shows its not so dry side, we are not in the Tabernas...

Distance 64 kilometers, cumulative 2,607 kilometers | Elevation 1,230, cumulative 19,460 Today's stage took me to Switzerland. The journey could have been through a hilly area...

We sleep in a bit longer today, around 9 o'clock we get up and enjoy a coffee in front of the bus. Silvia and Röbi come by again, and since they're heading in the same...

Ha! Today was a very quiet day, just 20 km… I got up a bit later, but arrived a bit earlier.This morning I wasn’t feeling very good mentally. I had prepared for a lonely...

Today we started very early again, waking up at 6:00 AM; starting at 6:30 AM. Leaving Rivado, we initially went straight for a long time,

If this isn't the consequence of my own stubbornness... Unfortunately, today didn't go quite as planned... At 7:30 I took the 'taxi' to the 'ferry' to Spain on time. In reality,...

This morning I had to get out early because the bus left at 6:15. I would have preferred a little later, but the next one wouldn't have left until the afternoon. But I was able...