St Jean Pied-de-Port to Espinal Day 2, Sunday 25 August 2013 Distance to Santiago 807 km The next day, Sunday we started from Hunto (400 metre above sea level) to Roncesvalles. By the afternoon we had climbed 1 450 metre. On our way we saw Griffon vultures, wingspan 2,5 m, and other smaller hawks and […]
Camino de Santiago
From St Jean Pied-de-Port to Espinal
From St Jean Pied-de-Port to Espinal Day 1 – Saturday 24 August 2013 Distance to Santiago: 811 km While on the train from Lisbon to Irun we reconsidered the starting point of our walk. We planned to start at Irun because of the effort to get to St Jean Pied-de-Port. We decided to start the […]
Lisbon, Portugal
Sant Iago There are many pilgrim paths to Santiago. One of them is the Camino Portuguese, starting in Lisbon, Portugal. The Portuguese way is significantly connected to St James. It was along this route St James preached Christianity to the pagans and along this way, his body made its last journey. St James (or Sant […]
Camino de Santiago
Die gedagte om die Camino de Santiago te gaan stap het ontstaan na die tragedie van Raymond se dood in 2005. Die gedagte was dormant vir etlike jare totdat ek en Marinda toevallig die movie “The Way” gekyk het toe ek laasjaar Paasnaweek vir haar in London gaan kuier het. Sy het voorgestel dat ons […]