Portugal

July 19, 2015Gordon: Our reliable friend Pocket Earth found an excellent route for us today.  It has a feature that allows a route to be ... Read More

July 20th, 2015Gordon: Prior to our arrival in Portugal we had read in our guide book that the Portuguese prepare bacalhão (dried, salted codfish) in ... Read More

July 21, 2015Ruth: The Port was lovely, and the Bacalao, as Gord mentioned, surprisingly good, but the crown of favorites so far would have to ... Read More

July 24, 2015We have been having much too much fun to blog. When you have a husband like Gord, humour tends to stick, even to ... Read More

ILooking over to Spain from Valença. July 25, 2015Gordon: Today is the feast day of St. James, the patron saint of Spain.  We are intentionally two ... Read More

July 26, 2015Oh it was hard to leave Portugal, but also thrilling to enter Galicia again. The first kilometres in Spain were just magical. The ... Read More

July 27, 2014Gord and I followed the Camino route all the way into Santiago today. It was an absolutely stunning ride but much more challenging ... Read More

July 27, 2014Gord and I followed the Camino route all the way into Santiago today. It was an absolutely stunning ride but much more challenging ... Read More

July 30, 2015It turns out there is much more to discover in Galicia after the Camino to Santiago is finished. Galicia is a verdant garden ... Read More

I am standing beside a cow pie in the only spot with any cell coverage in our village. Just moments ago Gord had to have ... Read More