A long walk with my son.

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Viajante A long walk with my son.
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- 5 de abr. de 2024, 17:46
- ⛅ 10 °C
- Altitude: 13 m
- Estados Unidos Pennsylvania Philadelphia County Eastwick Downtown Philadelphia Airport 39.873511, -75.24748939°52’25” N 75°14’51” W
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Philadelphia Airport
5 de abril, Estados Unidos ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Tonight we start our trip. Flying to Madrid. When we get there we get on a train to Leon, Spain. We won’t start the actual walking until Sunday.
I am excited but a bit nervous. Patrick is very relaxed.
Nice thing we have both been in Madrid before and lots of people speak English, so if we need help, we should be fine.Leia mais
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Viajante Patrick lives his life relaxed!!
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Viajante I'm so darned excited for you to do this with him!
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- 6 de abr. de 2024, 10:34
- ☁️ 15 °C
- Altitude: 931 m
- Espanha Comunidad de Madrid Colmenar Viejo 40.683335, -3.71219140°41’0” N 3°42’44” W
Dia 2
Madrid to Leon
6 de abril, Espanha ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
We got over the first hurdle. Arriving in a foreign country where you don’t speak the language can be a bit of a challenge when having to get on the Metro and change to a high speed train.
It helped a lot that Gary and I spent 4 days in Madrid last November. We managed just fine with a little help along the way.
Now to hopefully take a nap! Train ride is 2 hrs.Leia mais
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- 6 de abr. de 2024, 22:20
- ☁️ 11 °C
- Altitude: 839 m
- Espanha León Plaza San Marcelo 42.597879, -5.57018142°35’52” N 5°34’13” W
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Day 1. Success
6 de abril, Espanha ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Day 1 was a success. Did good with the metro and train. Got into Leon and ate lunch. We were both exhausted. So got an alburgue for the night. Tomorrow, we take a bus for 30 min to Hospital del Obrigo where we will start our walk.
Shared a meal with 2 ladies. The place we are staying is so nice.Leia mais
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Viajante Restaurants and bars close very late in Spain. We are staying overtop of a bar/restaurant. It is 12:45 am and they are still going strong. Bars here are more like restaurants at home. These people are eating and just hanging out. They are laughing and having a good time. I, however, am tired.
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Viajante Sounds like a good plan! Where are you staying in Leon? Is that a Chicago Poster I see!?! Yay!Did you go into the cathedral? The palace? There is good grocery on the Main Street before you go down the hill to the palace, and the pharmacy looks like an old apothecary.
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Viajante Did nothing here but eat and sleep. Took a picture of the Cathedral-if that counts
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Viajante Yep!
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Viajante A long walk with my son.
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- 7 de abr. de 2024, 23:14
- ☁️ 11 °C
- Altitude: 879 m
- Espanha Castilla y León Astorga 42.454723, -6.05539342°27’17” N 6°3’19” W
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Day 2: Hospital de Orbigo to Astoga
7 de abril, Espanha ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Had a slight delay this morning. Took the bus from Leon to Hospital de Orbigo to start our walking. Instead of going straight there we took a detour and went to a random Hospital in Leon on the city bus.
All good. We overcame that obstacle and just got there a little later.
Five minutes after starting we met Bea and Gus from Philadelphia.
We had some trail magic today. Came across some hippies who had a whole spread for us with a donation. We both made our own fresh squeezed orange juice. (I may talk a lot about their O.j, I am slightly obsessed.)
Total miles walked was 14.2. Total trail miles was 11.4.
We are staying in a nice place with 10 people to the room. Everyone was asleep by 9 pm.
We are both exhausted.Leia mais
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Hmm. Miss I can’t even text you but I can post 🤨 [Mary]
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Viajante You woke me up.
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Viajante So nice! 💖
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- 8 de abr. de 2024, 23:38
- ⛅ 2 °C
- Altitude: 1.027 m
- Espanha Castilla y León Brazuelo El Ganso 42.463922, -6.20462742°27’50” N 6°12’17” W
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Day 3: Astorga to El Ganzo
8 de abril, Espanha ⋅ ⛅ 2 °C
Today was a short walk. 9 miles. But out of those 9 miles it rained a lot!! Found out my new waterproof jacket is not 100% waterproof.
When we got to El Gonzo we had a choice. Keep going another 4.5 miles or stop. Patrick chose to stop here because we are sleeping in a teepee.
Mind you, it is cold and rainy all day long. Now, bed time we are sleeping in a teepee with no heat. We are fully clothed. Jackets on and 3 big blankets. I hope I will be ok. The man next to me is snoring.
We got here early so we played cards and relaxed most of the day.Leia mais
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Viajante So cool! The tee-pee place was closed for the season when I was there. Enjoy! I hope the rain clears up.
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Viajante They have been super nice! Mom doesn’t speak English. We muddled our way through it. Then her son came. We talked a lot. He doesn’t get too many chances to practice his English so he was happy to talk to us. 12 euros. Included dinner and breakfast.
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- 9 de abr. de 2024, 20:36
- ☁️ 6 °C
- Altitude: 1.429 m
- Espanha Castilla y León Santa Colomba de Somoza Foncebadón 42.491036, -6.34247642°29’28” N 6°20’33” W
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Day 4: El Gonzo to Foncebadon
9 de abril, Espanha ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C
Last nights adventure sleeping in a teepee with no heat went ok. I was in my sleeping bag, fully clothed, jacket on and two heavy blankets. Was worried our stuff was not going to dry out. But alas, when we woke up all our clothing was good to go.
We walked 8.5 miles in the trail. All up hill.
Today we met a bunch of people. Decided to stay in an alberque with them. Had a communal dinner tonight.
Good day.Leia mais
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Viajante My yellow shoes aren’t so yellow anymore! (Top shelf. Muddy shoes)
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They are definitely El Camino shoes now!! [Mom]
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- 10 de abr. de 2024, 23:41
- ☁️ 14 °C
- Altitude: 541 m
- Espanha Castilla y León Ponferrada Río Boeza 42.543028, -6.58973742°32’35” N 6°35’23” W
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Day 5: Foncebadon to Ponferrada
10 de abril, Espanha ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
What a long day!
Last night we stayed in a bunk house Albergue. It had 7 bunks. So 14 people in this room. I had no idea how I was going to sleep because lights out was at 10 pm. I slept all night! That is not something I am used to. Before we went to bed people were talking about getting up early to watch the sunrise.
6:30 am people got up and moving. We were on the road by 7:30 am. We didn’t stop walking until 4:30 pm. (We did stop at a few bars for food but other than that we were walking. )
It was a long day! My second longest walk ever and Patrick’s longest. 16.5 miles! (The picture of the map shows how far we walked.)
It was a great day! Weather was perfect. At one point I was walking in shorts and a t shirt. Sunrise was special. Trail today was HARD but so much fun. We had a great mix of walking with ourselves and walking with others. The scenery was beautiful! Mountains everywhere you looked.
Today was a lot of downhill. I felt like my knees were having seizures. lol.
There was a lot of downhill with big rocks. Had to cross water a lot. Stepped in mud a lot. All kinds of challenges but what fun!
Total walked 18 miles. (You have to walk to dinner/store or wherever you go. We are both exhausted!Leia mais
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Viajante Today we also walked to the highest part of the Camino. There is a cross where you can leave a stone to represent your worries. Supposed to leave your worries behind. (Cruz de Ferro).
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Viajante In case any of you are wondering how Patrick is doing—he is doing great!! He often walks ahead of me.
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Viajante I sure hope I sleep good tonight. I deserve it!
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Viajante A long walk with my son.
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- 11 de abr. de 2024, 22:43
- ☁️ 17 °C
- Altitude: 525 m
- Espanha Castilla y León Villafranca del Bierzo 42.607734, -6.80787642°36’28” N 6°48’28” W
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Day 6- Ponferrada to Villafranca del Bie
11 de abril, Espanha ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Another long day! 16.5 miles. It took us way too long. Most of the day today was on a road. Didn’t take too many pictures today. Most of the day was just Patrick and I walking. No other pilgrims around. It was also hot today. I think close to 80 degrees.
Finally got here and we are staying in an old monestary.
Went to dinner with someone from England, Spain and Germany.Leia mais
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80?degrees!! Wow!! [Lauren Nickle]
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Viajante How’s Patrick’s ankle??? And wear sunscreen!!
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Viajante I stayed there!
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- 12 de abr. de 2024, 21:59
- 🌙 18 °C
- Altitude: 1.155 m
- Espanha Castilla y León Vega de Valcarce La Cernada 42.701431, -7.02198342°42’5” N 7°1’19” W
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Day 7: Villa Franca de Bierzo to Laguna
12 de abril, Espanha ⋅ 🌙 18 °C
Another long walk! 17 miles this time. Forgot to say, it ended up being a hot one! I think it was in the 80s. I was lucky to find a store that sold sun tan lotion. I forgot ours. But we did get some sun burn first.
What a beautiful day. Started off for quite a few miles walking on the road. No ones favorite. But finally went to mountains in a distance and country roads.
The last 3 miles or so was all up hill!! I will admit, at one point I may have thrown a temper tantrum. Why are we going all the way to Laguna?? There is a place to stay before that which works just as well. I lost. Patrick persisted.
In the end, after I barely survived getting up to the top of the mountain, it was magical. So many people we met along the way were here. This is the only alburgue so it was nice to see people we might not have seen for a few days.
After dinner, some young people got together and one was playing guitar and people were signing. Very nice!
10 pm now. Lights out.
Tomorrow we go further up the mountain and down, down, down.Leia mais
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Viajante I will always think of you, for the rest of my life, whenever I see croissant and OJ!
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Viajante 💖
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Viajante Listen if you keep walking this fast, you could spend a day in Madrid 👀
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Viajante Hmm. What would I do in Madrid???!
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Viajante Shop 👀
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Viajante Prado!
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Viajante A long walk with my son.
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- 13 de abr. de 2024, 22:46
- ☁️ 17 °C
- Altitude: 664 m
- Espanha Galicia Triacastela Tríacastela 42.755737, -7.24079842°45’21” N 7°14’27” W
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Day 8: Laguna de Castilla to Tricastela
13 de abril, Espanha ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Today started off going uphill to O’Cebrio. One of the highest points on the Camino. Then it went down, down and more down. We didn’t go as far as we had been. Walked 14 miles but we went slow today. Overall, I am a slow walker but I had a stomach ache for part of the day. Good thing I had my friend Ailyn keep me company. She is also a slow walker. Patrick is always way ahead of me. Today we made it to Galicia. It is a different region of Spain. Tomorrow, we will make it to Sarria. That is the the section that a lot of people start from. It is the last 100 k of the Camino Frances. In order to get the certificate you have to at least walk that last 100k.
We have basically been walking most of the way with the same 20 or so people. Tonight many were in the same alburgue with us. After eating dinner, we learned a new dice game called 10,000. Was nice to get with a small group and play a game.
One cool thing, there is this guy who has been walking with us who is walking with a blind woman. Tonight he left to go back home but she was determined to finish the Camino. So, there is a group of people who made a schedule and they are being her eyes for three or four hours at a time. Thought that was pretty cool. Most of them have been walking with her for awhile. I didn’t really meet either of them but see them every once in awhile. Funny thing about the Camino. You may see someone and then don’t see them for a bit. Thinking you will never see them again and then they show up.
Well, off to bed. It is 11 pm. Most people are snoring. We are in a bunk room with 8 or so bunks.Leia mais
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Viajante So neat about the blind woman!
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