For approximately 12 days, a pilgrim on the Camino Frances will pass through the Spanish meseta. ‘Meseta’ translates to flat as a table. But the more I saw of the meseta, it reminded me of the desert in the American … Continue reading
Category: Galicia
When Camino pilgrims enter the Galician region in the hilltop town of O’ Cebreiro, they quickly recognize they have entered a special region. For starters, many pilgrims are near their breaking point after 12 days in the stark, forbidding meseta. … Continue reading
The Camino de Santiago may be the best marked footpath in the world. Actually there are two types of markers. First, there are the yellow arrows (flechas) that guide pilgrims through pueblos along the way. This system was developed in … Continue reading