http://blogs.bootsnall.com/travelgirls Spain June 18-July 18 Sun, 17 Jul 2005 16:33:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en the last two days of the camino were tough! we were a bit physically and mentally exhausted but you just keep getting up every morning and pushing on. the last day we did 38 km to get to santiago on time. we got our official compostela to ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/travelgirls/the-burning-bush.html hope you are all enjoying our tales from the camino. here´s another good one: yesterday afternoon after a tough day of walking we arrived at the albergue at 2:30 p.m. a totally respectable time. we walked in to find the place full already and were told we ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/travelgirls/you-want-me-to-sleep-where.html so we have finished 7 days of walking! we have crossed two mountain ranges - the mountains of leon and the mountains of galicia- not bad for a couple of non-hiking girls. we are now regulars on the camino and have developed our own pilgrim´s routine. it ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/travelgirls/5-days-to-go.html and so the walking begins . . . the first day began in Leon with us searching around the city for the beginning of the camino! we found a nice french couple who pointed us in the right direction and we were on our way. the first day ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/travelgirls/walking-walking-walking.html thursday morning found us saying a tearful goodbye to the sunroller. we packed up and headed down to barcelona for our next set of adventures. despite getting lost three times we managed to find our hostal on a tiny street right near las ramblas. it was a ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/travelgirls/the-three-beer-bandits.html monday morning found us beginning our journey to barcelona - after an 8 euro latte we were on our way. upon arrival we picked up the rental car - a cute little black and silver smart car for four!!! our first destination was a rendevous with our friend ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/travelgirls/the-sunroller.html friday found us back at the pool - yes we know - we'll find the time to sightsee, don't worry! friday night, we went out madrid style. judy met her college friend marina and her husband who now live in spain, and we joined two of jon's friends ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/travelgirls/is-that-the-sun-coming-up.html our adventures continued tuesday night in madrid. we had our "social hour" at jon's flat before trekking out for some tapas. we ended up at the museo de jamon - the museum of ham! every dish here has ham in it - these people are passionate for ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/travelgirls/la-camisa-negra.html well we made it to madrid safely despite almost falling asleep in some amazingly comfy chairs during our Brussels layover! it's blazing saddles hot here - over 100 the past two days! Jon's smiling face greeted us at the airport and guided us through the complex metro system ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/travelgirls/hola-from-madrid.html hola! we're making last minute arrangements for our big adventure! two days and counting. . . http://blogs.bootsnall.com/travelgirls/gettin-ready.html