Our fourth week in A Coruña was certainly an improvement on the third. But we are in Spain, after all, so it still contained a fair bit of bureaucracy.

Monday 14/5: After a couple of hours of ITP work, I […]

The honeymoon is over. While we still love A Coruña bureaucracy and various other issues got to us this week, making it quite a challenge. At least the weekend was awesome.

Monday 7/5: I had to make a couple of […]

Travelling long-term isn’t as expensive as most people think, but it does require funds. While saving hard before you leave might garner enough to pay for the whole trip, many travellers find it convenient to work […]

We’re well and truly settled in A Coruña now — we have internet access at home and I have a library card. Although the weather has been extremely changeable, we’re definitely enjoying our new base.

Monday […]

Preparing for a big trip is a long process that starts with dreaming and ends the minute you get on the plane — after all, there’s not much more you can do once those doors shut. Choosing destinations, marking […]

The Via de la Plata is one of many Caminos de Santiago, pilgrimage paths that weave their way across Spain (and into the rest of Europe), towards Santiago de Compostela. In March and April 2012, Craig and I walked […]

It’s been a week of endings and beginnings: we successfully finished our thousand-kilometre walk and celebrated ten years of marriage, and have arrived in our new home of A Coruña, where we plan to spend at least […]

Although we’ve all met travellers who don’t see the point in having a good wash, it is important to keep yourself clean while travelling. Unfortunately, toiletries are heavy, and you’ll have to make some […]

Having more or less overcome our health issues (my cold, Craig’s blisters), we finally felt like we found our stride this week. The walk has been enhanced by the people we’ve spent time with, and we feel like […]

Despite some aches and pains, week five has been a fantastic one, full of interesting walks and great food. We’re starting to sense that the end is near though, and we’re both sad and excited to think about […]

It’s been a week of changes of plan: days that were going to be long that ended up being short, short days that ended up long. Plus, the longest leg of the whole walk: 40km! (and probably the shortest at 11km). […]

Our first week in our new home of A Coruña has undoubtably been a success. We’ve found and moved into an apartment, made new friends and hosted a small party, and I’ve found a ridiculously low-paying job. And […]

We’re still on the road to Santiago, but have picked up the pace a little, with an average of 25km per day.

Monday 19/3: After the ferocious wind of the day before, we were glad that things had died down a […]

We’re on our way to Santiago! Slowly, certainly — we’re averaging about 22km a day — but we’ll get there eventually.

Monday 12/3: We made the most of what will probably be our last opportunity to do so for […]

We’ve made it to Spain! After an extremely long day of transit at the start of the week to get us to London, we hung around in England until Saturday, then Ryanair graciously deposited us here in Seville. […]

Adelaide, South Australia, has a reputation for being a bit boring. Locals know this isn’t true, but they’re not making much of an effort to tell the world the truth, preferring to keep the secret to […]

Working while travelling can be a great way to immerse yourself in the culture of your destination, to meet locals, and to make a bit of money along the way. In my case, it’s a way to keep me sane — while Craig […]