Via de la Plata Pilgrimage Walk April-May 2023
Thursday, April 13, 2023Walking from Almadén de la Plata to El Real de la Jara14.4 kilometers, 20,240 steps Today is the fourth day of walking from Seville to Santiago de Compostela on the Camino de Santiago route known as the Via de la Plata. And today was to be a shorter day at about 14 kilometers. Our Taiwanese friend Sharon is going to walk again today after two days resting her hip, and to ease […]
Wednesday, April 12, 2023Walking from Castilblanco de los Arroyos to Almadén de la Plata18.2 kilometers, 18,540 steps Today turned out to be more interesting than expected. There are two section of the route from Castilblanco de los Arroyos to Almadén. The first section is 16 kilometers on a very narrow path adjacent to a highway. The second section is about 14 kilometers through what is called a park, but really more of a nature preserve. […]
Tuesday, April 11, 2023Walking from Guillena to Castilblanco de los Arroyos18 kilometers, 20,600 steps Today was a challenging day, not because of the difficulty, but because we are still finding our Camino fitness. And, somehow, when we took a break, both the Samsung Health and Google Fit applications reset. Samsung Health reported that I only walked 1.8 kilometers and I know the walk was much longer. Google Fit broke the walk into two sections where […]
Monday, April 10, 2023Walking from Seville to Guillena22 kilometers, 33,700 steps Today is our first day walking the Via de la Plata route of the family of Camino de Santiago pilgrimage routes. Southern Spain is having slightly warmer than normal temperatures, with the high in Seville expected to be 33-34 C or about 90-92 F. We decided to get a fairly early start, and met at the cathedral at about 8:30 AM. Here is my […]
Friday & SaturdayApril 6 & 7, 2023 Traveling to Asia or Europe from southern California is a long process. I will be making the 1000 kilometer pilgrimage walk from Seville to Santiago de Compostela with my long-time friend Tom from Sydney, Australia. We will start the walk on April 10, the day after Easter Sunday. Tom has been in Seville all of Easter Holy Week, and has sent me a few pictures of the elaborate […]
Friday, March 31, 2023Planning a return to Spain I am returning to Spain, leaving from home in a week on Thursday April 6, 2023. Very early on Friday I’ll fly from Los Angeles to Atlanta then to Madrid, arriving Saturday morning. That afternoon I’ll take a train to Seville where I’ll have two nights to adjust to the 9-hour time difference and ready myself for a long walk starting Monday, April 10, 2023. In Seville, […]
James the Intrepid Pilgrim 