Industrialization is the reason why the average man in Europe lives more comfortably than kings and emperors did 300 years ago. It was, however, also the reason why today’s walk had some truly awful moments. The route between Gijón and Avilés started with a steel factory and ended with another steel factory. They are huge…

Today we took a day off. Apparently even God had some rest after 6 days. We had it after 12. Yesterday it was impossible to find a place to stay for the night in almost any town from Ribadesella to Gijón. The reason is simple: today Ribadesella hosted the 86th descent of the river Sella,…

Somehow today we’re faring better than yesterday, and that’s already something. Since the stage was not very long, about 22 km (considering our detour to get a place to sleep last night), we decided to wake up a bit later and even go as far as having a normal breakfast at the hotel. The breakfast…

Today was the perfect day for walking: the weather was cloudy and chilly, the stage was full of beautiful sights and not too much asphalt, and the overall mileage not too high. And yet, I feel spent tonight. Tired. My head was spinning when I got out of the shower. We started out at a…

As we started out this morning, I said to Laura: “Today is our 10th day on the Camino”. “What? Has it been already that long?” She replied. I guess it’s something every pilgrim has felt during his/her the first time on the Camino. It hits you when you look back for the first time after…