Soto de Luiña to Cadavedo – 14.1 Miles/33,488 Steps (Total 203.9/473,352) Today started off with a decision about which way to go – the mountain route or the more coastal route. The mountain route was supposed to be the more beautiful, but is now the less used route for various reasons. We took the route …
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Oviedo/Aviles to Soto del Barco 13.5 Miles/30,479 Steps – (Total 174.2/401,616) God is great at new beginnings and today we began again. We were back on the official pilgrimage route with 16 days ahead of us to cover almost 200 miles. As I write this I am am reminded again that it is about the …
Avila to Aviles/Oviedo 6 Miles/10,999 Steps – (Total 160/370,900) I don’t usually wake up Sunday mornings with a marching band outside my window. I don’t usually sleep in until 9am either. After a late dinner on our balcony overlooking the town, we slept until the St. Teresa festivities called our attention. Gigantic puppet like figures, dignitaries, banners …
Oviedo to Avila 6.2 Miles/15,019 Steps – (Total 156.0/359,696) We continued our pilgrimage within a pilgrimage as we traveled to Avila to celebrate the feast of St. Teresa – one of Sonia’s favorites. We left by train early in the morning and arrived in Avila about 1pm. The train ride took us over the rugged mountains …
Llanes to Oviedo 6.3 Miles/14,912 Steps – (Total 149.8/344,682) Today we began the pilgrimage within the pilgrimage. Tomorrow we will travel to Avila to celebrate the Feast of St. Teresa in the town of her birth. We needed to get to Oviedo to take the train to Avila. This provided an opportunity to rest our …
Soto del Barco to Soto de Luña 14.6 Miles/34,127 Steps – (Total 188.7/435,375) It was a very pleasant day, despite the light rain that accompanied us for most of the morning. We arrived at the hotel fairly early, showered, lunched – and then went for a walk to the beach – because we hadn’t walked …
Unquera to Llanes 15.2 Miles/33,668 Steps – (Total 143.4/329,770) As we walked along the dirt path it sounded like heavy breathing. Very heavy breathing. I made Sonia stop and listen. We looked up at the hill that separated us from the sea. About 100 yards up we saw the breath coming out from between the …
Comillas to Unquera 16.6 Miles/37,206 Steps (Total 128.2/296,102) I love hills. I love what you can see. I love the challenge of the climb. We have a lot of hills. In the picture with this entry you can zoom down on the right and see a bridge over the water that we had crossed earlier …
Santillana del Mar to Comillas 14.3 Miles/32,720 Steps – (Total 111.5/258,896) Everywhere we are surrounded by ancient rocks piled in walls and houses and churches. “Oh that’s only 17th century,” I said of the small village church. “Did you really just say that,” Sonia replied. We have seen so much that is so old, and …
Mogro to Santilliana del Mar 11.4 Miles/27,059 Steps – (Total 97.2/225,176) A short distance was planned for the day, with the destination of the medieval village of Santilliana del Mar as the days objective. We arrived before 1pm and went straight to the 11th century Collegiate Church and cloisters to pray. The walk had been through one of the least …