A typical day on the Camino
While each day looks and feels differently, there is a rhythm to our days on the Camino that go something like this:
6:00am- Hit snooze if you set an alarm.
6:30am- Wake up, get yourself ready, pack backpack, lotion on feet, stretches, fill water bottle.
7:30am- Start walking! Follow the yellow arrows from one town to the next.
9:30am- Find a little café and order a pincho de tortilla, café con leche, tarta de santiago, banana
11:30am- Stop again for a snack! This time, maybe a grandma will call from her balcony "¿Tenéis hambre? ¿Queréis crepes?" (Are you hungry? Would you like crepes?) and maybe you run to her door eagerly because of course you're hungry and the exact food you need is a warm, homemade crepe by the cutest grandma in town.
1:30pm- A cold stream appears when needed most. Treat those feet to an ice bath!
3:30pm- Arrive in a new town and find an albergue. Ask if they have any beds for the night. If they do, pay them about 5-10 euros for each bed. You might be informed about a "pilgrim's mass" later that evening where travelers from around the world are chosen to read poems and passages in their native languages about love, life, and seeing the humanity in everyone.
4:00pm- Shower, change, stretch, do laundry (some albuergues have a machine, most all have laundry sinks) and hang it up to dry.
5:30pm- Grab lunch in town with some new friends you've met then do some sightseeing or go to the pilgrim's mass at the ancient local church (some as old as the 11th century!). Some towns are very small, population 1 or 19 (!) and so there may be limited options. However, most places have at least two restaurants and cafes where you can eat a menú del día or a Pilgrim´s menu which includes a drink, appetizer, main course, and dessert for less than 20 euros per person. Some albergues offer communal dinners on site. At one albergue, we ate dinner with 20 people from 5 different countries. The conversation was pretty comical as we were all trying to understand one another. At one point, someone burst into the song "Feliz Navidad" in Spanish which seemed to be universally familiar...haha!
8:00pm- Return to the albergue. Check on laundry and pack it if it's dry. Record budget, write in journal, organize clothes and items for following day.
9:00pm- Plot out the next day: read itinerary with route information, sites to see, history of the towns. Some albergues lock their doors at 9pm. Get ready for sleep.
10:00pm- Sleep! The sun sets around 10pm and the albergues turn off the lights then.
6:00am- Hit snooze if you set an alarm.
6:30am- Wake up, get yourself ready, pack backpack, lotion on feet, stretches, fill water bottle.
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7:30am- Start walking! Follow the yellow arrows from one town to the next.
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9:30am- Find a little café and order a pincho de tortilla, café con leche, tarta de santiago, banana
11:30am- Stop again for a snack! This time, maybe a grandma will call from her balcony "¿Tenéis hambre? ¿Queréis crepes?" (Are you hungry? Would you like crepes?) and maybe you run to her door eagerly because of course you're hungry and the exact food you need is a warm, homemade crepe by the cutest grandma in town.
1:30pm- A cold stream appears when needed most. Treat those feet to an ice bath!
3:30pm- Arrive in a new town and find an albergue. Ask if they have any beds for the night. If they do, pay them about 5-10 euros for each bed. You might be informed about a "pilgrim's mass" later that evening where travelers from around the world are chosen to read poems and passages in their native languages about love, life, and seeing the humanity in everyone.
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4:00pm- Shower, change, stretch, do laundry (some albuergues have a machine, most all have laundry sinks) and hang it up to dry.
5:30pm- Grab lunch in town with some new friends you've met then do some sightseeing or go to the pilgrim's mass at the ancient local church (some as old as the 11th century!). Some towns are very small, population 1 or 19 (!) and so there may be limited options. However, most places have at least two restaurants and cafes where you can eat a menú del día or a Pilgrim´s menu which includes a drink, appetizer, main course, and dessert for less than 20 euros per person. Some albergues offer communal dinners on site. At one albergue, we ate dinner with 20 people from 5 different countries. The conversation was pretty comical as we were all trying to understand one another. At one point, someone burst into the song "Feliz Navidad" in Spanish which seemed to be universally familiar...haha!
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8:00pm- Return to the albergue. Check on laundry and pack it if it's dry. Record budget, write in journal, organize clothes and items for following day.
9:00pm- Plot out the next day: read itinerary with route information, sites to see, history of the towns. Some albergues lock their doors at 9pm. Get ready for sleep.
10:00pm- Sleep! The sun sets around 10pm and the albergues turn off the lights then.
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