I’ll fly into the Santiago–Rosalía de Castro Airport in the late afternoon, and then catch a train to Sarria for the night. Hopefully I’ll have gotten my pilgrim’s credential in the mail before I leave. If I don’t, I can get one in town before I find my municipal albergue (they won’t let you stay in these unless you can prove you are on the pilgrimage.)

Sarria is the most popular place to begin because it’s the last town that allows pilgrims to walk the minimum 100 km required to earn the Compostela.

This will be the first day of traveling the Camino – we’ll see how early of a start I can get with a nine hour time difference. Anybody got any jetlag tricks they like to use?

Apparently most of the day is fields, but there are forests today!

This is the longest day, which I can split into two days and overnight at Melide if the day gets away from me. Otherwise, I’ll end up in Arzúa.

This is the last leg of the Camino for almost all pilgrims. This is where I will get the Compostela, after showing my stamped Credencial del Peregrino.

After this, I’m free to wander northern Spain as my heart desires. I just need to end up in Madrid by Day 12 to fly back.