Camino Frances

As you may know, I walked the Chemin de Saint Jacques de Compostelle via Podiensis from Le Puy en Velay to Saint-Jean-Pied-du-Port from April 27th – May 29th, 2017. The original plan was to reach Saint-Jean-Pied-du-Port and then train back to Paris to pick up my Dad, then train back to Saint-Jean-Pied-du-Port, and continue together along the well-known Camino Frances pilgrimage route of the Camino de Santiago de Compostela. Unfortunately, this plan changed after my Dad had a severe stroke in early-April 2017. I would continue the Way alone… or so I thought. Little did I know that I would continue to  encounter amazing individuals, duos, groups, and that these people or “Camigos” (Camino + Amigos!), would become my Camino Family. My Camino Family had started growing since day zero on the Camino when I rode the train from Paris to Le Puy en Velay; and it had continued for every day since my first day on the Way.

This isn’t where I’ll wax lyrical about my Camino experience… I’ll do this at a later date. I’m writing this while sitting on the bed in my AirBnb flat in Paris; that is to say… Paris awaits!

But before I leave you, here is the Camino Frances portion of my Camino itinerary:

29May / Day 33 – Saint-Jean-Pied-du-Port ~19km
30May / Day 34 – Roncesvalles ~27km
31May / Day 35 – Zubiri ~22km
01Jun / Day 36 – Pamplona ~21km
02Jun / Day 37 – Puerta La Reine ~28km
03Jun / Day 38 – Villatuerta ~13km
04Jun / Day 39 – Los Arcos ~26km
05Jun / Day 40 – Longroño ~28km
06Jun / Day 41 – Nájera ~29km
07Jun / Day 42 – Santo Domingo ~22km
08Jun / Day 43 – Belorado ~23km
09Jun / Day 44 – Agès ~28km
10Jun / Day 45 – Burgos ~26km
11Jun / Day 46 – Burgos ~0 km (Rest Day)
12Jun / Day 47 – San Bol ~27km
13Jun / Day 48 – Población de Campos ~44km
14Jun / Day 49 – Carrión de los Condes ~17km
15Jun / Day 50 – Terradillos de los Templarios ~27km
16Jun / Day 51 – El Burgo Ranero ~32km
17Jun / Day 52 – León ~38km
18Jun / Day 53 – Villar de Mazarife ~22km
19Jun / Day 54 – Murias de Rechivaldo ~37km
20Jun / Day 55 – Foncebadón ~22km
21Jun / Day 56 – Ponferrada ~28km
22Jun / Day 57 – Trabadelo ~36km
23Jun / Day 58 – Fonfria ~31km
24Jun / Day 59 – Ferreiros ~36km
25Jun / Day 60 – Palas de Rei ~35km
26Jun / Day 61 – Melide ~13km
27Jun / Day 62 – O’Amenal ~38km
28Jun / Day 63 – Santiago ~17km
29Jun / Day 64 – Negreira ~22km
30Jun / Day 65 – Olveiroa ~36km
1Jul / Day 66 – Finnistere ~36km (via taxi back to Santiago)
2Jul / Day 67 – Santiago ~ 0km (Rest Day)
3Jul / Day 68 – Finisterre ~☆km (via taxi back to Finnistere)
4Jul / Day 69 – Muxía ~30km (My Camino was over!)
5Jul / Day 70 – Muxía – Finnistere – Muxía ~☆km (via taxi to see Camino Family)
6Jul / Day 71 – Muxía – Pamplona (via rental car)
7Jul / Day 72 – Pamplona – SJPDP (via rental car)
8Jul / Day 73 – SJPDP – Santiago (via rental car)
9Jul / Day 74 – SXQ – CDG (via airplane)
10Jul / Day 75 – Paris… just Paris, for a few days!