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  • Camino Frances
    Dag 6

    Sarria

    4. september 2022, Spania ⋅ ⛅ 57 °F

    Arrived in Sarria early afternoon, so stopped for a sandwich before checking in. The hotel is towards the end of the city with easy access back onto the Camino.
    Again wished I had a longer walk today, but was rewarded with 5 baby kittens and their sweet mama at the hostel.

    Staying at the Sleeping Sarria Hostel, nice comfortable bedroom with huge private bath across the room. Nice people.

    Just had a nice dinner with Kelly and Juan from Elk Grove. They started at O Cebrero, 2 days ago, and have the same itinerary as I, so will probably see them sooner or later, but have plans for dinner with them in Santiago.    Les mer

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  • Camino Frances
    31
    Dag 5

    Samos

    3. september 2022, Spania ⋅ 🌙 59 °F

    Quiet walk up to Samos, didn’t run into a single peregrino along the way. Met up with a guy from last night from holland, and another guy from Norway I think and we had dinner together.

    Again wished I had a chance to walk farther than my suitcase 😀
    But took a little walk around town and the pretty river, and took a tour of the very old monastery,
    very impressive.

    I did want to take time to explore and not just walk, but still, maybe next time???

    https://www.abadiadesamos.com/    Les mer

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  • Camino Frances
    Dag 4

    Fonfria

    2. september 2022, Spania ⋅ ⛅ 48 °F

    Didn’t sleep much last night, though it was more quiet than the night before. I left the Casa Carolo a little before 8, and it was very overcast. The hotel was ok, very basic, except the food, that was below average, so I left the hotel without breakfast, hoping to get coffee a few miles down the path.
    8:30 getting to a coffee place, but they don’t open until 9, so I keep going. It started raining so I put on my rain gear and just enjoyed the day, eventually getting a coffee and a week old croissant 🥹 - well maybe not quite a week - but the coffee was good, a grande coffee con leche

    I enjoyed the walk down from O Cebrero, and while there are now more pilgrims, I saw a lot more cows than pilgrims.

    So I was just walking, enjoying the light drizzle and the scenery, but eventually realized that I should have seen my hotel by then. Well, yes, the hotel was 3 miles back and I had just walked the last 3 miles all downhill. I had a few choice names for myself on the way back. And tomorrow I’m watching my gps and looking out for the hotel.
    But I’m going to get a ride tomorrow morning down to my last walking point - not walking that stretch a 3rd time 😖

    O Cebrero - it was supposed to be so strenuous but it actually wasn’t. Up wasn’t bad at all and down was supper easy (very up and down) except the last 3 miles where it was all downhill.

    Just walking with a backpack is definitely the way to go, I would have liked to move ahead a bit more.

    The day ended well with a delicious group pilgrim dinner of Galicia soup, rice and meat,
    torte and red wine all for $12. Met some nice people.    Les mer

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  • Camino Frances
    Dag 3

    O Cebreiro

    1. september 2022, Spania ⋅ ⛅ 52 °F

    7 mile easy walking to the top of O Cebrero. Definitely seeing a bunch more pilgrims. Ended up walking for a while with a 76 year French guy who’s walking at a pretty good pace.

    Finally some real hiking trails, almost like Mount Tam 😀

    From Camino blogs this is supposed to be very strenuous but it’s not bad at all. Still nice to take it easy for a few days though. Planing to leave earlier tomorrow morning so I can take time going down the mountain. Up is easy, down probably not so much.

    I could probably use my walking sticks that I bought in Ponferrada and left behind the next morning 🤔😀 oh well!!!

    The Casa Carolo is comfortable, but nothing too exciting, just a comfortable small room.

    Special!
    I attended the evening mass at the Santuario the Cebreiro, and at the end the priest had all the pilgrims come to the front in a circle and he called people up to read the pilgrims blessing in all languages represented. He then gave everyone a small stone with the yellow camino arrow.    Les mer

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  • Camino Frances
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    Dag 2

    Las Herrerias

    31. august 2022, Spania ⋅ ⛅ 57 °F

    1:30 and I’m sitting in my cute room at the Paraiso del Bierzo - just have to make sure I’m not hitting my head as I have an attic room.

    Today was easy walking, only 12.5 miles, but still a lot of street walking like yesterday. It was nice as it followed a river but so did the flies that kept buzzing around my head.
    The scenery and the little towns were very nice and I stopped a couple of times to have a coffee and at that last little street side stand a coffee and Santiago cake.

    Again, I didn’t see anyone walking for the first 4 miles or so, and only a few. But there is a group of 5 women who are walking together and they caught up with me as I was having my last coffee. Some of them don’t look very happy - walking alone seems nice 😊

    I kind of wish I was going up to O Cebrero today, but my feet are happy to rest.

    I had breakfast this morning and left just a little before 8. Tomorrow is breakfast at 8 then a short but supposedly very steep up there hill.    Les mer

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  • Camino Frances
    1
    Dag 1

    Villafranca

    30. august 2022, Spania ⋅ ☀️ 82 °F

    I walked 16.5 miles to get here but it was all worth it. I loooooooove this place. I have a beautiful room, getting ready for a great lunch out here on the terrazzo all by myself 😀

    Left at 6:20 AM and it was definitely a bit scary. I was alone for the first 5 miles, walking through some dark alleys through the old town of Ponferrada and along a waterway and deserted parks. Would have been scarier in SF 😀! But still, dark, and had to use my iPhone light to find the way. But I made it and a little after 8 I had my first coffee and some toast. Around 10 I had my second coffee and a chocolate croissant.
    Checked in around 1PM (it was getting really hot) and just finished an amazing lunch. Black squid crockets and a delicious white fish. Living it up!!!

    Michael Jackson shows up every so often - he must have fans around here.

    Someone wasn’t happy about the 198.5 km sign. I wasn’t either since I had already walked more than 9 miles (14km) by then.

    Not a lot of people around today.

    https://hostal-la-puerta-del-perdon.jimdosite.com/    Les mer

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