Follow My Journey
The Camino de Santiago is a 500-mile pilgrimage route across Spain. Follow along as I blog about my journey – both as I prepare (until April 2019) and walk (April – May, 2019)
Grinning from ear to ear!
Day 22, Sunday, April 28: León to Villar de Mazarife (23 km, 14.3 miles) How do I even begin to describe this magnificent day? Let's start with updates Barb: She checked in this evening to let us know that she is 11 kilometers from Santiago! She will be at Camino's...
Proclaiming the good news
Morning of April 27 Just wanted to share this: lots of good weather coming! Highs in the upper 60s to mid-70s. It's 37 degrees ("feels like 32") at the moment, but I'll be wearing the long underwear on my back--in my pack--this morning instead of on my legs. Zero...
Let’s play “Name That Post!”
Day 20, Friday, April 26: Calzadilla de los Hermanillos to Mansilla de las Mulas (24.6 km, 15.3 miles) You have to admire those town names, don’t you? I mean, are they not pure Castilian names?! And, had you been on the road with me, you would certainly have admired...
Random acts of kindness / Paying it forward
Day 19, April 25: Moratinos to Calzadilla de los Hermanillos (23.8 km, 14.8 extremely windy miles!) I was so excited to have the time and space to catch up on my posts last night and then... then that excitement spilled over into sleep time. Not good. At some point...
In which we tell about the moon, the alleluias, the cookoo bird, and the half-naked—but resurrected!—Jesus, who waves at one and all
Day 15, April 21: Hontanas to Castrojeriz (11.5 km, 7.2 miles) The final vestiges of daylight are lingering (but not for long; it is 9:27) on Wednesday as I attempt to go back in time and do the promised write-up for Easter Sunday. Because four of my five roommates...
Katy Ratcliff
That’s me in the photo. (You probably guessed that.) Midwesterner through and through. I was born and raised in…. Well, if you care about all that, check out my (in)complete bio here. For now, know that I am spending many hours on wooded trails of several counties adjacent to my home in Bloomington, Indiana as I prepare to head off, on foot, on a 500-mile, centuries-old pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in NW Spain come spring of 2019. “Come with me” as I reflect on my training and then on my experiences as a peregrina (pilgrim).
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