Pilgrims

Tomorrow we are getting on a fast TGV train at 8 in the morning and heading for Spain. Unfortunately, I probably won't finish our bike trip before we go, but maybe I will try to wrap it up later tonight.

I have to finish packing for this trip. We'll be gone for a month, and the plan is to start in Pamplona for the San Fermin Festival of the Bulls, and then go west, all the way to the coast. We'll be like old west Americans making manifest destiny, except no covered wagon. The Camino de Compostela is a giant network of walking paths that crisscrosses all through Europe and ends in Spain. People have been making the pilgrimmage for centuries, and now all the cool kids are doing it. It will take us about 4 weeks to walk the entire distance from where we are starting. We have to pack really really light... our Santiago de Compostela Pilgrim's Guide to Spain says you should really only take about 10% of your body weight. So for me, that is 10 lbs of stuff, including my 1 lb sleeping back and 1 lb sleeping mat.

I've done up a little map that kind of follows our route. Once we reach Santiago de Compostela, we want to visit Portugal since we'll be right there. So here's the map, and this blog is probably just going to sit for the next 5 to 6 weeks. Talk to you guys later!

View Spain and the Compostela in a larger map