Travel Tales & Life Lessons
Prague is one of the best cities in the world to visit, especially during the holiday season. Prague is also one of the busiest cities in the world, especially during the holiday season.
This blog will tell you all about how to beat the crowds during the holiday – and any time of the year. Bonus…you can also watch my very first VLOG!
Continue ReadingAnd Madrid’s love affair with the late-night
You know you’ve been to the Mad Cool Festival when you wake up at 2:00 in the afternoon covered in glitter and sparkles. In fairness, this particular festival in Madrid doesn’t even start until 6:00 in the evening at the earliest and doesn’t wrap up until close to dawn.
The idea is you sleep all day and then dance the night away.
Continue ReadingThe Day When it All Began
We were all anticipation as we set out for our first day of walking the Camino del Norte. Two utter and complete bundles of nerves and excitement. Would we be up for the task of walking 14 miles? Would our bags be too heavy? Would we kill each other? We didn’t know, but Lizz and I set out feeling absolutely giddy.
Continue ReadingThe Day When We Nearly Turned Back
Day Two on the Camino del Norte was rough. Writing from a post-Camino perspective, this was my hardest day of walking – with the exception of the day when I had food poisoning. Our bodies ached from the 15 miles we walked the previous day and we woke up in a hostel that was friendly to pilgrims, but not focused on pilgrims. Big mistake.
Continue ReadingThe Day When Sh*t Got Real.
This was our best day on the Camino del Norte yet!
That’s saying something considering how the day started. We were on zero sleep thanks to the raging party of the night before that, naturally, took place beneath our windows. We are pretty convinced that they played the same techno “thump, thump” song ALL. NIGHT. LONG.
Continue ReadingThe Day with the Detour
It was raining as we set out on the Camino del Norte from the Pitis Hostel but it didn’t phase us even one bit. We had slept well – the first good sleep on our pilgrimage. Since there were only fellow pilgrims in the hostel, everyone was in bed early and up and at ’em in the morning. Lizz and I were the last to leave at 07:30.
We would find this to be a common occurrence. We just liked to start later, take our time along the route, and arrive later. And that’s OK. Every pilgrim is different and, therefore, every pilgrimage is different.
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