Palencia
8. Juni 2022 in Spanien ⋅ ☁️ 72 °F
Got another 3 hours to kill
Walked about 200 yards
Plaza children playing and a desayno #2
People have been encouraging me to try Spanish hamburgers so I figured this would be a good time to do soWeiterlesen
On the way to León
8. Juni 2022 in Spanien ⋅ ⛅ 75 °F
This train is a speed demon!!
Definitely booking over 130mph 🚄😄
Basically four days of my planned walking went by in a blur in about 30 minutes
León
8. Juni 2022 in Spanien ⋅ ⛅ 75 °F
Apparently Leon has nothing to do with lions but rather the name derives of one of the old Roman Legions that had lion for its mascot if you will
Albergue
8. Juni 2022 in Spanien ⋅ ⛅ 75 °F
Leon 2
8. Juni 2022 in Spanien ⋅ ⛅ 75 °F
Another total cool eclectic collection of these old and new streets but I'm very much close to the old town so you get those little tiny whining streets just like in Burgos and Barcelona
I also cameWeiterlesen
Leon cathedral
8. Juni 2022 in Spanien ⋅ ⛅ 75 °F
The Cathedral of Santa María de Regla de León is a temple of Catholic worship , episcopal see of the Diocese of León , Spain , consecrated under the patronage of the Virgin Mary . It was the firstWeiterlesen
León cathedral 2
8. Juni 2022 in Spanien ⋅ ⛅ 73 °F
Awesome cloisters courtyard and frescoes
León Pizzas, et al
8. Juni 2022 in Spanien ⋅ ⛅ 75 °F
Pizza Romanica y cerveza Limon
To those who remember the Barcelona trip
This is La sangria con la Sagrada León style
No map tonight
8. Juni 2022 in Spanien ⋅ ⛅ 63 °F
And so the distance shortened....
On the retrospect there are 2 Yong French girls in my room who have been walking for 53 days
They started in France on Le Puy-en-Velay Camino which runs for 736kmWeiterlesen
Adieu León
9. Juni 2022 in Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 50 °F
I decided to take advantage of having no crowd at all and I was passing by the cathedral anyway so I stopped at the plaza to take some pictures and low in behold I heard Hey Peregrino! and it wasWeiterlesen
La Virgen del Camino
9. Juni 2022 in Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 55 °F
Desayuno numero uno
With last night's pizza leftoversRolling...
Another split.The talk is that the Alternativo is actually much prettier but it is longer, so with my issues guess which one IWeiterlesen
A
9. Juni 2022 in Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 63 °F
Rolling Rolling rollin...
ReisenderYou can bet your bottom dollar that it ain't local farmers 😏 like it or not some equipment simply disintegrates we all know that nowadays the products are not made the way that they used to so hiking close to five hundred miles and for some people even more than that and where they started takes its toll
Not exactly a door
9. Juni 2022 in Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 63 °F
But sure caught my attention
Valverde de la virgen
9. Juni 2022 in Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 64 °F
STORKS!!!!!!!!!!!
San miguel del camino
9. Juni 2022 in Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 66 °F
I'm not sure if I am really in San Miguel de Camino
the sign said it was but I think the town is still some distance away
Anyway fast-break for a refreshing drink a little bit of energy andWeiterlesen
C
9. Juni 2022 in Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F
Ok so on a small stretch there were like 12 of these all abandoned
This one caught my eye with all the sayings on it
The ugliest walk so far
9. Juni 2022 in Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 70 °F
This is by far the ugliest walk I've had
most of it was right along the highway and it was just a bismally icky...not to mention the quite hot day with very few places that afforded shade
Maybe theWeiterlesen
E
9. Juni 2022 in Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F
Asked for a drink and got a little tapas y tortilla bravas to go with for free
I can live with that
Technically whatever it is doesn't even have a name apparently I'm between two places in somethingWeiterlesen
Reisenderhaha I think I am there too. The ups and downs of the Camino one day it’a fountains and vistas the next truck stops and bi-ways. It’s fun to follow your Camino posts as a year later we walk ours. xo
ReisenderI was hoping you ladies would be on the alternate route for this stage and not by the highway
Reisenderus too, but no luck. Sometimes you gotta love the one your with 🎶
Albergue
9. Juni 2022 in Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F
This is a very cool albergue! Arthuro the owner and his wife actually live here and all the paintings on the wall are done by pilgrims
if anything they encourage anybody who can paint to paintWeiterlesen
Hospital de Orbido
9. Juni 2022 in Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 84 °F
So I went out to take a look around the town a little bit didn't cross to the other side of that bridge; it does look pretty cool ... very old bridge in any case Arturo told me to go to eat in LosWeiterlesen
Cena at Los Angeles restaurant
9. Juni 2022 in Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 86 °F
Having dinner in Los Angeles restaurant with two gentlemen from Netherlands Marcelo and
Haargid
Sopas de ajo
Trucha Fritas y patatas
Nurses con nata
Nice start
10. Juni 2022 in Spanien ⋅ ⛅ 55 °F
With a nice breakfast and beautiful morning
A
10. Juni 2022 in Spanien ⋅ ⛅ 57 °F
Villares del Orbigo
10. Juni 2022 in Spanien ⋅ ⛅ 57 °F
Suntebanez de Valdeinglesias
10. Juni 2022 in Spanien ⋅ ⛅ 61 °F
THE Garden of the Witch
Ok...I am curious but no more detours
To some extent tis a shame
ReisenderHow are Spanish hamburgers different from American hamburgers?
Reisender2 words Iberian beef 😋😊👍