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  • Jzionna's WanderingsPortugal 2025Jzionna's Wanderings
    1How it looks at the beginning of the day.
    Hiking up to meet this, the Forrest blazing in sunrise.2I took the path to the left, the more scenic way.4My first tortilla of Spain! An egg and potato breakfast dish. I love this after 3 hours of walking.11Another gatito de España.A wooden carved pilgrim in the Albergue office.

    To Mos

    22. Mai 2025 in Spanien ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C

    Every day,the same.
    Wake, walk, eat, sleep, and repeat.
    But there is magic.✨️

    It's much more pleasant to begin walking early in the morning, just before the light lifts. Time goes by swiftly, and the coolness makes it easier to walk, verses walking in the heat🥵.
    I reserved a more private bed for tomorrow night. It amazes me how people can talk at the top of their lungs without any awareness of others around them. A handful of women from Bazil, clucking like chickens in a crowded hen house.
    Today was a beautiful day. My feet are healed, and I'm walking long and strong in my sandals now. I think that I'll be stepping into Satiago in 3 days.💖    Weiterlesen

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  • Jzionna's WanderingsPortugal 2025Jzionna's Wanderings
    Potted flowers on doorsteps are gorgeous here.Plenty of arrows. No getting lost now.Many walkers stop for luch picnics in shade.Walking through tunnels along a creek is enchanting.

    5/23 To Pontevedra

    23.–24. Mai 2025 in Spanien ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

    In the shade of trees
    I could walk on forever.
    My feet in sandals.

    It's hard to stay in municipals night after night in bunk beds where you can't sit up without bumping your head. Now and then, I need a private room to just spread out in my own space. A quiet room to resettle and reflect in.
    I found a room of my own tonight with a bathtub🥰 (a not so common thing in Spain). I'll sleep well and warm tonight.
    It was a shady walk through the forrest beside a rushing creek today. I'm thoroughly enjoying my walks these last days!
    There's a bread truck that delivers orders of bread to cafés and door to door. In the neighborhood I passed in early in the morning, I watched people come out to meet the breadman on the street and take their order for an exchange of a few euros.    Weiterlesen

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  • Jzionna's WanderingsPortugal 2025Jzionna's Wanderings
    The grain keeper.A display of food in an open café on the side of the Camino.Joa and his dog, selling earrings by the path.1I love this mailbox. Where you insert your letters to be mailed.1If only this family was related to our family.Very clean albergue.My quiet nook for the night.Indoor warm pool, which I used.1

    5/24 to Caldas de Reis lo

    24. Mai 2025 in Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

    Sometimes, it's worth it
    To indulge in finer things
    To keep peace with self.

    I arrived at my albergue GBC Caldas, just before 2:. I showered, washed clothing, hung them up to dry, and lay down to rest. I have a very good place to rest tonight. A more private sleeping area with an indoor pool, a nice kitchen, and a yard to lounge in.
    It's worth the 24. euros. This Camino walk is one that depends on technology. I must use a phone app for mapping, use booking app for reserving a place, and use Google map for finding my reservation. I am attached to my phone completely and with my must-have battery pack to recharge my phone while walking.
    Heaven forbid if my phone died.
    I passed a man on the path ( with his tiny Yorki mixed dog) who was selling earrings. I chatted with him and bought a pair. I'm a sucker for cute little dogs. I've almost completed the Portuguese Camino. I can't fully explain how much is learned on such a walk. I've endured pain, exhaustion, such tenderness, uncomfortableness, and bliss. I've been awed with beauty and kindness. I dove deep into my own inner chambers to wallow in the muck and retrieve my likable self.
    You don't always know what you're getting into when you begin such a journey, but always, there is a development of improvement when you come through the other side.✨️💖    Weiterlesen

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  • Jzionna's WanderingsPortugal 2025Jzionna's Wanderings
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    1I can't eat this anymore after seeing the film "My Friend the Octopus".Padron Peppers, my favorite!

    05/25/25 To Padron & the marketplace.

    25. Mai 2025 in Spanien ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C

    Through this marketplace
    Delicacies everywhere!
    Lucious edibles.

    Getting to Padron was an easy, fast-paced walk. There were several people to talk with, so time flew by. We arrived before noon, so we strolled through the market and ate Padron Peppers. I avoided the 🐙 for I can't bring myself to eat them anymore. I bought a package of padron pepper seeds to grow in my garden next year. All the bread cheese and produce are gorgeous! What a market! It was truly entertaining. I bought fruit and cheese for tonight's meal. Tomorrow is my last walking day to Santiago. This is it, I've made it! I'm sure the sentiments will fall on me when I arrive tomorrow and say goodbye to the familiar faces I've known for the past three weeks.Weiterlesen

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  • Jzionna's WanderingsPortugal 2025Jzionna's Wanderings
    Terri and I after arriving to Satiago.
    How 5:30 am looks walking the Camino.Vending machines are randomly on a side alleyway wall.Several rabbits crossing in early morning.1Meeting outside Terri's albergue.Entering Santiago.

    5/26/25 The last Miles to Santiago!

    25. Mai 2025 in Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

    The destination
    Is only the beginning
    of another page.

    The arrival to Santiago is a mix of feelings of relief, great accomplishment, and maloncholy. Now what? I set up new goals and take another adventure. At the same time, Terri, Angie, and I (3 caminantes from Medford, Oregon) were walking the Camino, but taking different routes and starting at different times. We never walked together until I received a message from Terri saying, "Where are you, I think we are near one another? Let's walk into Santiago together." I was an hour and a half walk away from her. So I planned, if I begin walking at 5:30, I could catch up to her by the time she would most likely begin walking out. And that's how we were able to walk in together. Anjie had already been in town for a couple of days. Here we are, in Santiago, all three Caminantes, at the same time, meeting for dinner after so many weeks. How's that for serendipity?Weiterlesen

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  • Jzionna's WanderingsPortugal 2025Jzionna's Wanderings
    The three caminantes.
    My compastela certificate.Waiting in a short line for certificate.Incredible herb and grain store!I could stand and smell this store all day!2Pension A Casa de Pegrino, where I stayed, is right over a gelato shop.Hotel bedroom nook.2Lei and I met up again.1Terri , myself, and Angie.Again, out to eat with the last pilgrims.Beautiful dish!1

    SANTIAGO

    27. Mai 2025 in Spanien ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

    When the journey ends,
    The stillness is a sad pool,
    Swirling sentiments.

    Two days in Santiago after arriving, I don't have the urge to get up early and walk. The drive that kept pulling me forward comes to a halt. A post sadness weighs heavy on me. Like after the holidays, or a completion of a major project, or birthing a baby. There is always a meloncholy pause between an ending and the beginning of something else.Weiterlesen

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  • Jzionna's WanderingsPortugal 2025Jzionna's Wanderings
    The bus from Santiago drops a bus load of pilgrims and sight-seers at a parking lot by the peers.I dropped off to sleep on the beach. ☀️💤Juan and Pupy. A very sweet love affair they have.💕

    Muxia Spain

    28.–29. Mai 2025 in Spanien ⋅ 🌙 15 °C

    I'm always at home,
    though beside another sea,
    in the ocean breeze.🌊💕

    Muxia is an enchanting tip at the end of the Camino. How refreshing to be here and chill (literally, it's brisk). I have quite a few days left before flying home. I could go on walking, but I'd rather hold still and inhale the ocean air for a while.Weiterlesen

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  • Jzionna's WanderingsPortugal 2025Jzionna's Wanderings
    At an Albergue in Portugal.
    There was a birthday party at an albergue we stayed at in Portugal.South African Dutch couple who've walked so many places together for years.Two American girls.Ruth the cat lady💕🐈‍⬛️🐈From German, Silvia, and son JullianSilver from France.Jorge selling earrings with his yorky dog.Sweet Catarina from Quebec Canada.Father & daughter, Bob & Seline from London.Ben and friend from Australia.Tom from Germany.

    And then there are the people.

    28. Mai 2025 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

    The sweet encounters,
    Precious tokens in our hearts,
    The people we meet.

    The people I meet along the way light up the journey. We are all traveling in the same direction at different paces. Hello, goodbye, and sometimes hello again, and so many who we'll never meet again. But we appreciate moments shared. We pass on something learned from one another, helped to aid, or had an exchange of humor. We've all worked through our pains and accomplishments together. We've shared a significant part of this chapter in our lives, and that we will remember.Weiterlesen

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  • Jzionna's WanderingsPortugal 2025Jzionna's Wanderings
    Wanting me to share my lunch.I did share the bread.A perfect hotel room for 3 days.The hallway to my hotel room.

    5/29 Day one in Fisterra

    29. Mai 2025 in Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

    It's a place to rest
    and wash my feet in the sea
    before I go on.

    Fisterre is a place at the western tip of Spain, extending beyond Santiago, which is the end of the Camino walk. It's my third visit here, and it's a wonderful place to rest, eat well, and contemplate on the past weeks of walking.
    I have the sweetest room at Hotel Langosteira for three days. I enjoy this town so much.    Weiterlesen

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  • Jzionna's WanderingsPortugal 2025Jzionna's Wanderings
    With Gera from Texas.With Lea from Australia.1Mesmerized

    A Sunset Boat Ride

    30. Mai 2025 in Spanien ⋅ 🌬 16 °C

    I took a sunset boat ride along the Golfo Artabro in Fisterre/Finnesterre along with many other people. There was Irish music playing through the speakers as we gently cruised. We were offered pinchos and a cup of wine. The sights were glorious. We returned to the dock at almost 11: pm. It was a perfect end to an evening that lay me to rest deeply to bed.Weiterlesen

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  • Jzionna's WanderingsPortugal 2025Jzionna's Wanderings
    These seagulls just squat on the beach. Just like the human sunbathers.Impressive mural of a Galician fisherman.I walked up on the ridge of town just to see where it would take me. Gorgeous!On the top of the hill is this junk sculpture creation of a home.✨️This was a wonderful beach for walking, swimming, and sunbathing!Tortoise shell gatito.I like this design.3

    5/30 Fisterra/ Finesterre

    31. Mai–3. Juni 2025 in Spanien ⋅ 🌬 19 °C

    Whenever in Spain,
    I return to Fisterra,
    Where my heart can rest.

    I took a few days to rest and to take in sun and salty air. Tomorrow, I will bus to A Coruña to walk back down to Santago. I have the extra time before flying home, so I will walk the English Way Camino. It's a short 4 day walk, and I'm curious to see that route.
    I thought it a good idea to wash my clothing, especially my coat at the laundry mat (since it hadn't been washed for a month). But to my disappointment, the dryers are much warmer than I'm used to. My Pantagonia coat melted and shrunk, now unwearable. As I've walked three caminos and washing often in laundry mats, I've never had that issue before. So, instead, I had to purchase a bulkier sweatshirt to wear for warmth. Well, on the bright side, now I have another momento from Fisterre.    Weiterlesen

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  • Jzionna's WanderingsPortugal 2025Jzionna's Wanderings
    Prestine parks are active with walkers and the elderly visiting on benches.One boy walking away, blushing.Painted tiles are part of the decor of many buildings.

    6/1 A Coruña Spain

    1. Juni 2025 in Spanien ⋅ 🌬 18 °C

    It's the weariness
    of traveling and hustling....
    I want to come home.

    A Coroña is a pretty city by the sea. It was an active Sunday. The central street was blocked off for a bicycle race in progress. Loud music was shouting from one block where people were holding drinks on a packed full street. Some kind of celebration was going on, another one of Spain's many holidays.
    There are many statues, sculptures, and tile designs. I saw these young boys slaping the hugely grotesque breast of a statue. When I approached to take a picture, I asked, "Qué opinas de ello?"
    This one boy walked away, blushing.
    My time here is wearing thin on me. Traveling for so many days is exhausting. But I continue to be amazed by the incredible sights. I'll be walking the next four days from A Coroña and back to Santiago. There I will catch my flight home.    Weiterlesen

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  • Jzionna's WanderingsPortugal 2025Jzionna's Wanderings
    I climbed up a hill this morning, and voila!
    Rent a bike, a good idea. I wish we could have such a thing without vandalism.1A beautiful shadowing on this church. I love the color.Manhole cover on the street.Walking paths and bicycle paths are along every park.Wild clover in the park.Wildflowers grow up everywhere! No pesticides.A walk along the river.The front of an old building.I love walking down a road to be greeted by a mural like this.I did get to walk through a bit of forest today.Many of these prayer alters are often seen on the road edge throughout the way.Fountains on the side street with a place to sit.Hola sweet caballo.The scowling cat.A room to myself!

    Walking the English Way from A Coruña

    2. Juni 2025 in Spanien ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C

    I will keep walking
    along another way back
    to Santiago.

    I walked the English Way from A Coruña to Segude today. I have extra days on my hands until my flight back home, and I'd rather keep moving. This particular Camino is only a four day trek. I hadn't seen a single other Camino walker all day! I walked in solitude for 12 miles. Now, at this albergue, two other women have shown up, coming from the Camino Norte. Now we are only three in a room. It's quiet on this Camino. There's no problem in finding a bed. That's a good thing.
    The walkout from A Couña was 2 hours of road walking. Then there's a beautiful river walk! The 12 miles wove in and out of busy road walking to country scenery, but mainly it's on the road.
    I'll see where tomorrow takes me.✨️    Weiterlesen

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    6/3 Day 2 The English Way.

    3. Juni 2025 in Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C

    Into the forrest
    Where trees catch wind and bird songs.
    Music to my ears.

    Today was less than a 10 mile day. A walk through forrest and dirt paths. It was very similar to how I remember the frances way, especially all the up, up , up we hiked to get to Bruma.😫Besides the challenging climb, we arrived early to this very pretty albergue (Hospital de Bruma). It was too early to be opened yet, so we left our packs at the door, and Othelia (from Korea) and I soaked our feet in the creek filled with poly-wogs.
    A perfectly, beautiful day!
    Today, we gratefully came upon the only bar after hours of walking. The owner, Carman, served us our coffee and juices. She put a stool under my feet and kept offering us more bisquits. She was being so kind to us. I would say we were getting the ✨️pilgrim treatment✨️. I asked for a picture to remember her by. She finished up behind the bar and jumped in for a group picture of the three of us and wished us a Buen Camino, blessing and all.💖
    At our albergue, a small restaurant was packed full of pilgrims. The pilgrim meal for $12. Consists of a Galician soup of potatoes and chard, chicken or pork, pasta or salad with a bottle of wine and a custard for dessert. It was so delicious. I was extra hungry for not having food available the night before.
    I end this day in full contentment.    Weiterlesen

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  • Jzionna's WanderingsPortugal 2025Jzionna's Wanderings
    The albergue group. The last night before our last walk into Santiago tomorrow.
    A very lovely albergue(Camino Real in Sigüero).Cotton sheets, a blanket, and a towel with a chocolate on top!💕Such an interesting dissplay on the side of the road.Love the rooster weathervanes.After the rain.At a private home.Acres of new corn starts.Love-in-the-mist, one of my favorite garden flowers!There is light at the end of the tunnel.In the town of Sigüero.At the Mexican Resaurant.This looks familiar to me.AThis lovely young woman is adding a wax stamp to our passports.A sampler of today's forrest walk.

    6/4 To Sigüero, day 3 of the English Way

    4. Juni 2025 in Spanien ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

    When starting early,
    The walking is easier
    when kissed by sunrise.

    I began walking at 6:00 this morning. There was a lot of country road walking, then into the forrest for a large part of the day. For about an hour and a half, I walked a dirt (sometimes asphalt) path along side of the highway, though still in the countryside with wildflowers in bloom. Casa Rural Dona Maria is a café that opens before 8: am. After walking for 2 hours, I was grateful to have a cup of coffee, fresh orange juice, and a slice of lemon pound cake to fuel me until lunch. These past days have really made my Camino. I'm really enjoying these last several days, more endearing than any part of the Camino this whole month.Weiterlesen

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  • Jzionna's WanderingsPortugal 2025Jzionna's Wanderings
    Back in Santiago!
    Morning breakfast and chat before we set out.Sam and Carin. A rainy day walk!A misty, moisture morning!Sam, the pilgrim.

    6/5 Returning to Santiago

    5.–9. Juni 2025 in Spanien ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C

    The rain fell on us all day. Tapping on our ponchos while they flew in the wind like superhero capes. What a beautiful walk this day! I chatted with Sam from England, who is having the time of his life, so enthusiastic about this camino experience. And Carin from France, who is walking with blistered feet, but enjoying the moments. We strided into Santiago with our bare legs dripping with rain and filled with the joy of accomplishment. Walking in with Sam, a first-time Camino walker, reminded me of my first time completing a walk.
    We all separated to find our lodgings. I was the first one again in mine (I love being the first to pick out my bed). I showered and snacked on cheese and bread that I carried with me. I went to a book store to find something in English to read on my flight home, I found Maya Angelou's last book,
    "Mom & Me & Mom".    Weiterlesen

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    Another meal with Terri again and her friends from the walk.

    6/6 Rainy Days in Santiago.

    6. Juni 2025 in Spanien ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C

    In Spain in the rain
    Under café canopies,
    We sip black coffee.

    For two days, it's been raining here in Santiago. I drink rich coffee and read under café canopies while waiting to check in to my next room ( this time in a hotel). I had another good-bye meal with fellow walkers from the Camino Englais. German, English, and Canadian friends. I said goodbye to my French friend (Carin) this morning over coffee and croisants. It's all winding down, my walking journey to just days before I fly home. The highlight of my entire month was walking the Englais. I wasn't feeling the Camino connection until these last 4 days. It was the cherry on top, the cream on the cocoa, the butter on the bread, the honey in my tea! A nice finish to this Camino.✨️💖✨️
    More pictures of the Cathedral, I can't get enough of that stunning structure!    Weiterlesen

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    A garage door painting.Tree of knowledge.Santiago marketplace.Chicken feet in the market.A very pretty café.Money from all over the world from the cieling of a café.It's my favorite bookstore!

    6/7 Coming to the end of my stay.

    7. Juni 2025 in Spanien ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C

    The adventure now
    quieted by the yearning
    to be home again.

    It's been over a month that I've been away from home. The weariness and the demands of traveling takes its toll on my body and mind. Moving from place to place, bed to bed. Following maps by phone and setting up reservations daily, accomplishing the miles needed to get through each day, is more like a marathon. I'm counting the days when I will fly home. It's been an adventure of many wonderful events. As usual, I bring with me my treasures of precious memories. But this third Camino walk, yet shortest of all, has been the most exhausting. I am yearning for my cozy, quiet little spot called home.✨️Weiterlesen

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