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Camino Santiago de Compostella

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 Meer informatie
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    Foncebadon

    12 juni 2022, Spanje ⋅ ⛅ 57 °F

    Contrary to what I heard this is not completely a ghost town
    granted there are a lot of abandoned and ruined buildings but I think I've seen about the same and some other small villages

    Desayuno numero uno
    Crab croissant with chocolate nut balls    Meer informatie

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    Cruz de Ferro

    12 juni 2022, Spanje ⋅ ☀️ 61 °F

    It's been pilgrims tradition for eons to leave something that represents your burden by the foot of the Cruz de Ferro
    Although not the highest and or steepest climb up to, Cruz de Ferro marks the highest point above the sea level for the whole Camino Frances

    Dominik is from Canada and we sort of walked into Foncebadon about the same time and walked out as well...so we walked to Cruz de Ferro together    Meer informatie

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    Manjarin

    12 juni 2022, Spanje ⋅ ☀️ 64 °F

    Had a nice little break and shortly thereafter walked upon the house of the Last of the Mohi......er....KNIGHTS TEMPLARS!!!!!
    Unfortunately did not see the guy up close he was doing something in the fields but his assistant was more than happy to stamp my Credentiale with the selloMeer informatie

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    Ugh

    12 juni 2022, Spanje ⋅ ⛅ 75 °F

    And so begins a very long descend
    thankfully there is still no rain

    And El Acebo is still 2km away...and it's getting hotter

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    El Acebo

    12 juni 2022, Spanje ⋅ ⛅ 77 °F

    Finally here after pretty nasty descend and shall enjoy this " everything but the kitchen sink" salad (with tuna 😀)
    Beautiful flower and a cute little Sparrow bird

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    Ugh 2

    12 juni 2022, Spanje ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F

    There were two ladies from Canada who ordered a taxi into the restaurant and were going to Ponferrada
    they offered me and another Pilgrim who is also staying in Molinaseca give us a lift ( Molinaseca is on the way to Ponferrada) but we tactfully declined and said we would walk
    it was our understanding that The Descent would be steeper but the trail should be more level and do not have Rolling Stones and shale.... guess again    Meer informatie

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    Ugh3

    12 juni 2022, Spanje ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F

    So this now officially qualifies as the worst descend for the whole trip up to date
    even the horrible sharp shale that was sticking out on descend to zubiri on day three has nothing compared to this
    practically the whole rest of the day was spent on this Trail
    it took me close to three and a half hours to walk perhaps 3 km    Meer informatie

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    Dinner

    12 juni 2022, Spanje ⋅ ☀️ 82 °F

    Big bottle of mineral water
    Artichokes in cheese cream sauce
    Bangers and mash a la Español
    Fruitta del Dia ... yup..my luck 🙃...but actually very cool refreshing and tasty


    It's still way too 🔥 today...Meer informatie

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    Synopsis for today

    12 juni 2022, Spanje ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F

    You can clearly see The Descent that I was talking about
    26 km from my previous over albergue to my current Albergue...heat started quite early in the day.
    By far one of the hardest days in the whole Camino up until now...
    Did I mention that it was hot that it's still hot now? 😉😇

    one of the few very short stages tomorrow so I will take my time getting out of here
    meanwhile hope the night proves to be not very warm and humid as has been the case in couple of places....    Meer informatie

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    Columbrianos

    13 juni 2022, Spanje ⋅ ☀️ 66 °F

    Only 4.8 km to Ponferrada
    I finally got to have my Dessayuno Numero Uno because everything else up until this moment was completely closed
    And Ah do luv me dem bocadillos in da morning
    😆

    Somewhat clever use of 1919 Soviet propaganda poster

    And I kind of like this multicolor heavy duty plexiglass shades if you will

    Another call Old Bridge beginning of which goes back to Roman times..And a bimbo 😶😒?    Meer informatie

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    Ponferrada

    13 juni 2022, Spanje ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F

    The first thing that greets us going into Ponferrada is the old Castillo des los Templarios
    I was really looking forward to seeing it and of course it is closed today because it's Monday
    I believe on my original schedule it wasn't Monday plus it was one of my possible rest stops...
    Do check out https://castillodelostemplarios.com/

    In any case I took as many pictures as I could and then checked out Basilica Nuestra Senora la Virgen de la Encina. Totally cool. More info can be found at https://basilicadelaencina.es/index.html#    Meer informatie

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    Ponferrada 2

    13 juni 2022, Spanje ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F

    As stated I have a very short stage today so basically took all the extra time I wanted to walk around Ponferrada look at various things...

    So there's this sculpture about the legend:

    In Ponferrada, León, there is a very large castle. The castle is from the 12th century, it is on a small mountain and it is impressive. It was an imposing castle and belonged to the Knights of the Order of the Templars. The castle of Ponferrada was the most emblematic, most important and largest castle of the order of the Templars in the Iberian Peninsula.

     Legend has it that there is a hidden treasure in the castle of Ponferrada. This treasure was the greatest treasure of Christianity:
    The Holy Grail.
    The tablets of Moses with the ten commandments from Mount Sinai.
    King Solomon's table with all the knowledge of the universe.
    And gold, lots of gold...
    It's possible? It is true? Is the treasure of the Christians in the castle of Ponferrada?

     It's a posibility. This is the story, it is the legend of the Castle of Ponferrada..

     The 11th and 12th centuries in Europe were very complicated and dangerous. The Crusades, the terrible battles of Christian warriors against the infidels, were permanent.

     The 11th and 12th centuries were also centuries of pilgrimage. Jerusalem and Santiago de Compostela were very important cities in Christianity... The route to Santiago de Compostela grew and grew, in Santiago de Compostela there is the tomb of the apostle Santiago. The pilgrims were very numerous and the attacks on the pilgrims were cruel and intense. The protection of pilgrims heading to Santiago de Compostela was absolutely necessary.

     The Order of the Templars was a very powerful Christian military order in Europe in the Middle Ages. The Templar warriors were brave and relentless warriors. The white tunic and red cross were distinctive signs in Christianity, the sign of protection for the Christian faithful.

     The Christian faithful headed for Santiago de Compostela needed protection! The Templars made their way to the Iberian Peninsula and effectively protected the pilgrims on the Santiago de Compostela route from attack.

     The Templars built many castles on the Iberian Peninsula. There were many, many new castles.

     Legend has it that the Knights Templar hid the treasure of Christianity in the castle of Ponferrada: the gold of the Crusades, the Holy Grail, the Ark of the Covenant with the tables of Moses and King Solomon's table. They were the guardians of the treasure...
    Hmmmm... not the Legend I was talking about but heck the Holy Grail? Moses's 10 tablets? and King Solomon table of knowledge?... all in this Castle? I would probably keep it locked every day of the week not just Monday 😇😁

    And no thankfully we did not have to go up that streetI    Meer informatie

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    C

    13 juni 2022, Spanje ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F

    Okay so I honestly thought if I had a Spanish hamburger dare I try a Burger King...and lo and behold one popped up right in front of my eyes (Camino provides, no?) but it was closed and open only at noon and it was 25 minutes to wait and I didn't want to wait that long
    The road of Shattered Dreams....😊    Meer informatie

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