Camino Santiago de Compostella

May - July 2022

Over 3 years in planning, delayed 1 year by COVID I am humbly embarking on a 500 miles Spiritual and Religious Pilgrimage walking the Camino Frances route Read more

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- May 18, 2022, 7:06pm
- ⛅ 70 °F
- Altitude: 46 ft
- United States New Jersey Essex County Oak Island Junction Newark Liberty International Airport 40.694828, -74.17362240°41’41” N 74°10’25” W
Day 1
UA Club with Karin S.
May 18, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 70 °F
Karin is the President of (my) Philadelphia Local Chapter of Amercan Pilgrims on Camino https://americanpilgrims.org/
She is on her 9th Camino and is walking Aragoneze this time around.
She'll be frying to Madrid and her plane is good 1.5 hours behind mineRead more
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- May 18, 2022, 9:28pm
- ⛅ 66 °F
- Altitude: 43 ft
- United States New Jersey Essex County Oak Island Junction Newark Liberty International Airport 40.696865, -74.17687640°41’49” N 74°10’37” W
Day 1
@ my gate wishing each other Buen Camino
May 18, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
Traveler Buen Camino from Mike and Mandy.
5/22/22Reply
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- May 19, 2022, 12:42pm
- ☁️ 72 °F
- Altitude: 285 ft
- France Île-de-France Roissy-en-France 48.996667, 2.51833348°59’48” N 2°31’6” E
Day 2
To Paris
May 19, 2022 in France ⋅ ☁️ 72 °F
Landed about 11am local time and simply breezed through Passport Control and no Customs at all.
At no point was French QR code mentioned or asked for.
I did stop at T2 Pharmacy and got me the much-talked-about EU digital (although the ladies behind the counter assured me that there is no need in France)
I figured better play it safe and at least for now I am good though all EU
So all that done, On RER B going to City 😁Read more
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- May 19, 2022, 1:32pm
- ⛅ 72 °F
- Altitude: 322 ft
- France Île-de-France Paris Paris 18 Buttes-Montmartre Place du Tertre 48.885, 2.33833348°53’6” N 2°20’18” E
Day 2
Place de Abbesses
May 19, 2022 in France ⋅ ⛅ 72 °F
There was supposed to be a St.Jaques celebration resplendent with oysters...but I didn't see anything 😕
So instead I took a fast detour of Rue Avignan and Place Emile Goudeau where Laurie and I stayed almost il y a 30 ansRead more
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- May 19, 2022, 1:59pm
- ⛅ 72 °F
- Altitude: 312 ft
- France Île-de-France Paris Paris 02 Ancien - Quartier Faubourg-Montmartre Square Louise Michel 48.885, 2.34333348°53’6” N 2°20’36” E
Day 2
The Glorious Sacre Coer
May 19, 2022 in France ⋅ ⛅ 72 °F
Traveler Two fabulous photos.
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- May 19, 2022, 3:06pm
- ⛅ 75 °F
- Altitude: 256 ft
- France Île-de-France Paris Paris 14 Observatoire 48.832126, 2.32471248°49’56” N 2°19’29” E
Day 2
Enjoy Hostel
May 19, 2022 in France ⋅ ⛅ 75 °F
My humble Pilgrim abode for 1 night
Room 14 bunk 1402
Nice place
The common area downstairs is a bit worn but Room is clean with it's own bathroom
The guy immediately brought in new sheets and blanket so all is wellRead more
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- May 19, 2022, 5:15pm
- ⛅ 77 °F
- Altitude: 282 ft
- France Île-de-France Paris Montparnasse Gare de Paris-Montparnasse 48.84, 2.32166748°50’24” N 2°19’18” E
Day 2
Tour de Montparnasse
May 19, 2022 in France ⋅ ⛅ 77 °F
The Montparnasse Tower is a 689ft ( 210m) skyscraper. Constructed from 1969 to 1973, it was the tallest skyscraper in France until 2011,and is the 14th tallest building in EU
As such it is much taller than Eifel Tower and affords better views
One of these days....Read more
Traveler Love the photo of you with the tower.
5/22/22Reply
Traveler yeah I still have horrible time taking selfies it's amazing how comfortable are other people doing this
5/23/22Reply
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- May 19, 2022, 5:34pm
- ⛅ 75 °F
- Altitude: 223 ft
- France Île-de-France Paris Paris 14 Observatoire 48.838333, 2.32666748°50’18” N 2°19’36” E
Day 2
Ciemetere du Montparnasse
May 19, 2022 in France ⋅ ⛅ 75 °F
The Montparnasse Cemetery has been in use since 1824. According to Wiki The cemetery is roughly 47 acres and is the second largest cemetery in Paris.The cemetery has over 35,000 graves and approximately a thousand people are buried here each year.
I made a beeline straight on 'main' Ave just to catch some of the Graves I wanted to visit (see pictures)
Unfortunately I came in too late in the day as the cemetery closes around 6 p.m. therefore I missed the graves of Auguste Bartoldi and Man Ray which I would have also laugh to visit, but they were in the farther sections.
I am sure the names of the people whose graves pictures I took are familiar to pretty much everybody save for the one with the pelican bird and that one I took for the art of it if you willRead more
Traveler How beautiful!! What great photos!
5/22/22Reply
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- May 19, 2022, 6:39pm
- ⛅ 77 °F
- Altitude: 213 ft
- France Île-de-France Paris Montparnasse 48.841667, 2.32548°50’30” N 2°19’30” E
Day 2
Vive la CuisineFrancaise
May 19, 2022 in France ⋅ ⛅ 77 °F
So I accidentally deleted the picture of my App - Escargot Bourgogne (which was awesome)
But Boeuf Tartar wasn't too shabby either

HAH...looks like I found the escargot picture after all 😃
Yummy!!! [Harvey]
5/20/22Reply
Traveler yes it was
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- May 20, 2022, 7:32am
- ⛅ 61 °F
- Altitude: 233 ft
- France Île-de-France Paris Paris 14 Observatoire 48.833333, 2.32666748°49’60” N 2°19’36” E
Day 3
Petit Déjeuner du Pèlerin
May 20, 2022 in France ⋅ ⛅ 61 °F
A pilgrim's breakfast all right but, heck, a freshly baked French bauget and jams
Yum! 😁

A bit of restless night but I guess could have been worse
Was set to go into a 4-bed dorm and wound up in 3
One girl had her things on her bunk by the time I came back from dinner....and didn't show up until 3:00am (quite inebriated)
The other checked in around midnight... left right out...came back...and left again perhaps in 45mins., making enough noise in both occasions
(Reckon better get used to that 🙃)
I don't know...maybe I snored too loud...
Anyway...look another day is just beganRead more
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