March 2026

We left our alberque at the 100kms marker after a lovely stay in a great room with just two beds and our own private bathroom. The hostel itself was a beautifully restored stone house with a perfect garden, artistic layout and wonderful hospitaleros. We had a very tasty communal meal of lentil soup, chicken and […]

Sarria was a little quiet. Our hostel was right on the Camino but a little out of the old town where all the action would be. Still it was right beside a great restaurant. We went there for lunch and dinner. Although it was mainly pub food, I still got some lovely marinated anchovies with

This post is a little late because I’ve been trying to keep up with my son. We had dinner in the plaza Mayor in Madrid on Thursday evening. It was spare but cost too much. The cost of the mains was ok it was the extras – water, bread, and a deft switch from a

Nick and I flew Air Canada from Toronto to Montreal thinking we had an hour or so to wait before heading to Madrid. Well I must have merged some info from all the research I had done booking flights because as we were checking for our gate number I got a text saying our flight