Camponaraya
2022年5月30日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 59 °F
My longest leg, just over 15 miles. I decided to take the slightly longer route through vineyards. Thunderstorms last night cooled things off and I started out early at 6:30 am to try to beat the heatもっと詳しく
Cacabelos
2022年5月30日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F
The church was locked and I tried to figure out how to go in. The town created a municipal albergue ringing the church, but it has not opened since Covid, so maybe that was it. I wanted in to seeもっと詳しく
Villafranca del Bierzo
2022年5月30日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F
My longest day at just over 15 miles. Generally flat until last 1/3. This is a major grape growing region. Met Deiter from the Netherlands. Late 20s contemplating a pHD in Biostatistics. Excellent,もっと詳しく
Pereje
2022年5月31日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 59 °F
La Portela
2022年5月31日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 64 °F
Just a little stop for some water
Las Herreiras
2022年5月31日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 64 °F
Ok a dad, a mom and 3 little girls under 8 just rolled in….no more complaining! All I know is they started in León and Cruz Ferro was tough. Very impressed.
Foot trail breaks off
2022年6月1日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 55 °F
After a short downhill the trail takes off uphill aggressively. Long ago this was paved with cobbles but now mostly washed out. There’s a business that hauls you to the top on horseback andもっと詳しく
On the climb into La Faba
2022年6月1日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 57 °F
The wine bottles caught my eye…just up the hill is La Faba and one whiff tells you there are a lot of septic tanks that need to be replaced. I think El Refugio was pretty well known, but it’sもっと詳しく
Again off the pavement
2022年6月1日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 54 °F
It’s flattening out now, so I think I’m near the top. I have forgotten to comment on the cuckoo birds in the forests. I’ve been hearing them all along. But this seemed particularly appropriateもっと詳しく
O Cebreiro - religious
2022年6月1日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 57 °F
After two of my longest legs and todays 2000 ft climb I will take tomorrow as a rest day here. Such a beautiful place when the Sun is out!
O Cebreiro as legend has it, was a Templar hiding place ofもっと詳しく
O Cebreiro - cultural
2022年6月1日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 59 °F
Sitting on a wall looking East I can View a weeks worth of walking. The area is lush and green, lots of ferns, signs that water is plentiful. These mountains guide the rain to the north up fromもっと詳しく
Dr. D. Elias Veliña Sampedro
2022年6月1日, スペイン ⋅ 🌧 52 °F
In my research on Pere Elias I found a picture that my Newman Center friends may find of interest
O’Cebreiro to Triacastela
2022年6月3日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 46 °F
Beautiful green pastoral setting. Hit Alto San Roche at the golden moment. Met logistics specialist Pascal from Rotterdam. He just started home brewing! Had to gear up for a short rain. The Way wasもっと詳しく
El Monestario de Samos
2022年6月4日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 59 °F
An enormous Benedictine monestary maintained since the 1500s, the buildings burned to the rock walls in 1951. The brothers from the famous Monte Casino house, who had to completely rebuild their houseもっと詳しく
Samos II
2022年6月4日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 63 °F
Benedict of Nursia, known today as the Father of Western Monasticism, established a Rule that became the pattern for life in the monasteries of Europe and a standard for monasticism in Westernもっと詳しく
Samos III
2022年6月4日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 63 °F
A young man from Kansas from the group ahead of us is thinking of a life of religious service. A group of brothers escorted him to the foot of the Virgins statue in the main sanctuary, touched hisもっと詳しく
Triacastela to Samos
2022年6月4日, スペイン ⋅ 🌧 64 °F
Followed a winding damp dark trail that followed Rio Sarria through farmland. Overcast day, some spotty light rain,
Samos to Sarria
2022年6月5日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 55 °F
More of the dark oak and chestnut forests interspersed amongst small farms and albergues.
The border of the Concello de Sarria
2022年6月5日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 59 °F
Hurray!!
2022年6月5日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 64 °F
I don’t know why this brings me so much joy, but I have been hoping to have such a moment and I am so very thankful!
My first Spanish cider
2022年6月5日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 64 °F
A curious flavor. I think it might be Brettanomyces yeast infection. Possible that it’s just a dirty line in the little cafe I stopped at. Might also be a regionalもっと詳しく
Sarria local
2022年6月6日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 63 °F
This is a starting point for the minimum distance for Compostela and mileage certificate, so it’s the town with the most albergues on the Camino Frances. Archaeologically there’s the same array;もっと詳しく
Todays Dinner
2022年6月6日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 72 °F
For 11€ or $11.77
Ensalada mixta: tomato, bib lettuce, asparagus spear, a scoop of tuna
Pollo guidado: braised chicken with fries
10 inches of pan (bread)
1 entire bottle of red wine (7.5/10 IMHO)
Aもっと詳しく
The Symbol of the Scallop Shell
2022年6月6日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 72 °F
#1 The association of the scallop shell with the pilgrimage is related to its use by pilgrims to drink water from springs and streams.
#2 Its popularization as a symbol of the Camino came after theもっと詳しく
The Cross of Santiago
2022年6月6日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 72 °F
The Cross of St James
This particular Latin cross simulates a sword and its arms take the shape of a Fleur-De-Lys. Its red colour represents Jesus’s blood and the white background is a sign ofもっと詳しく
















































































































































































































