What is walking the Camino de Santiago actually like?

One walk, told in the past

The piece ends with a walker's own month on the road with her sister: blisters in the first days, leaving before dawn every morning and arriving tired every afternoon, people met from all over the world, and a sister who cried on reaching the cathedral.

• Galicia, where the road ends, is green and rainy — more like Ireland than like Andalusia.

Tuve ampollas en los pies los primeros días.

I had blisters on my feet the first days.

Cada mañana salíamos antes del amanecer, y cada tarde llegábamos cansadas.

Every morning we left before dawn, and every afternoon we arrived tired.

Cuando llegamos a la catedral, mi hermana lloró.

When we arrived at the cathedral, my sister cried.