A LIFETIME OF PAIN WAS HEALED HERE AT THIS SPECIAL PLACE! Sunday September 20, 2015 Today was a hard day, tough, and emotional day! In the end, I would say it was a good day. I walked 38 Km today. That is 58,775 Fitbit Steps! Today I began to climb […]

My Spanish Adventure Comes to an End! Thank You to all of you who followed my latest hiking/touring adventure in Spain this year! Your comments, questions, thoughts, and encouragement helped out when I was alone and sometimes challenged by the hike! That was very true when I did the first […]

Pride and Jubilation in Santiago de Compostela, Spain!    On May 1, 2019, I left Toronto to begin 2 Hiking Adventures in Spain and Portugal. I began this adventure touring Bilbao, San Sebastián, Lugo, and climbing San Juan de Gatztelugatxe (film set from The Game of Thrones)! After touring, I […]

Simplicity Can be Beautiful! When you hike/walk through a country, you notice things. You notice it all, even the smallest of things! I enjoy walking in all of towns (especially the smaller ones) and looking closely at the homes. I am always surprised by the front doors and front gardens […]

The Joys of Hiking! We have been blessed with the most amazing weather so far on this trip. I can certainly say that the last few days have been different! We have had threat of a conflict lot of rain for 2-3 days but found ourselves escaping all of it, […]

Sometimes Your Day Can Change for the Better! This morning when I woke up it was POURING rain! I dreaded the hike. Our group decided to wait a few hours because the weather report called for clear skies! Woo-hoo! At 9:30 am, the skies cleared. These are photos as we […]

Not Only was it a Dull Day, The Route was Dull Too! I’m writing this post as I sit on the rooftop lounge in my hotel. It’s dreary and gloomy, much like today’s weather during our hike which was 22 Km from Baiona to Vigo (my Step Tracker says 27 […]

Oh Baiona, Spain is Truly  Beautiful! I can honestly say that what I wrote above in the title is truly an understatement! Hiking along the coast yesterday, then cutting up and over a major cliff before descending into Baiona, took my breath away. It was beyond spectacular (as you will […]

The Beauty Helped with the Exhaustion! May 30, 2019 was my last night in Portugal. As I was looking out my window just before I went to bed, I took this picture. What I saw across the estuary from where were staying, was the first hill I would conquer in […]