The Night Before
2023年10月17日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌙 13 °CThe night before departure. I’m pretty excited. My new pack is all set up and ready to go. My flight departs at 5:00 AM tomorrow, so it will be a short night. I said my goodby to Debbie tonight toもっと詳しく
The night before departure. I’m pretty excited. My new pack is all set up and ready to go. My flight departs at 5:00 AM tomorrow, so it will be a short night. I said my goodby to Debbie tonight toもっと詳しく
Pretty good flight, we got in an hour early. I actually got a little sleep on board for a change, which helped my day a lot. With 7 hours to kill before my train to Leon, I went in search of theもっと詳しく
Got a relatively good sleep last night. Did laundry in the sink and then went out walking for most of the day. Talked with a couple of other people who are walking the Camino. The temperature lastもっと詳しく
First day walking. Decided to skip the long walk (4 miles) out of León on city streets. Shared a cab to the edge of the city with another pilgrim and have no regrets. Cloudy and windy, but no rainもっと詳しく
On the road at 8AM. Sun came up around 8:30. The next village was supposed to have an open bar for coffee and food, but the only things up were some dreadful looking pilgrim scarecrows. A guy wasもっと詳しく
Another short day, getting my body into walking shape. Walked 14 kilometers to Hospital de Orbigo, stopping to stretch out and rest complaining hip joints at every opportunity. I’m walking a littleもっと詳しく
Woke up to 34 degrees and rain in Astorga. Rolled over and slept some more but it didn’t go away. Packed up and headed out anyway. Went straight to the sporting goods store and bought a fleeceもっと詳しく
Had a great sleep last night. Waited but the bus didn’t show. Found a bar open and got coffee and breakfast before hitting the road. I had been concerned about the path up the hill, but it reallyもっと詳しく
Started out the day in a steady hard rain. That turned out to be the theme for the day. Apparently, there is a huge Atlantic system that is pumping precipitation into Europe and particularly Spain.もっと詳しく
Private room, so I enjoyed sleeping in. I didn’t have to check out until noon, so I left my gear and went out. Chocolate and churros is a Spanish delicacy that I had neglected to try on the previousもっと詳しく
Buon Camino 👣 [Cherie Bernave]
Go Phil! [Suryata]
I’m envious, which Camino are you doing? [Bruce g]