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Day 17
Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at 9:47 PM
☀️ 19 °C
Altitude: 51 m
Spain Tui 42.046089, -8.6436642°2’46” N 8°38’37” W
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More in Tui, 🇪🇸
May 21 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
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Traveler It seems to this casual observer that you’re located near waterways more often this trip than during your Camino in Spain.
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Day 18
Thursday, May 22, 2025 at 1:10 PM
☁️ 21 °C
Altitude: Sea level
Spain Mos 42.204649, -8.60631542°12’17” N 8°36’23” W
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To Mos
May 22 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 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.💖Read more
Traveler The road less traveled…
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Jzionna's WanderingsRather, more trampled by roman wagons.
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Traveler He was a well known arquitect
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Day 19–20
May 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM - May 24, 2025
1 night
⛅ 25 °C
Altitude: 90 m
Spain Mos 42.204527, -8.6061842°12’16” N 8°36’22” W
5/23 To Pontevedra
May 23–24 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 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.Read more
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Day 20
Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
☀️ 26 °C
Altitude: 29 m
Spain Caldas de Reis 42.605254, -8.6493542°36’19” N 8°38’58” W
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5/24 to Caldas de Reis lo
May 24 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 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.✨️💖Read more
Traveler Well fed cows
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Day 21
Sunday, May 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
⛅ 23 °C
Altitude: 14 m
Spain Padrón 42.73968, -8.66113742°44’23” N 8°39’40” W
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05/25/25 To Padron & the marketplace.
May 25 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 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.Read more
TravelerI walked through Padrón today. My boat docked at Pontecesures around 1:00, then I set off on my 12 km walk to Areal. See you tomorrow on the Way!
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Jzionna's Wanderings🥳Yes, you will! Tomorrow night dinner with Angie!
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TravelerGreat job ladies. I look forward to celebrating with you both!
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Day 21–27
May 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM - May 31, 2025
6 nights
⛅ 24 °C
Altitude: 14 m
Spain Padrón 42.739668, -8.66116142°44’23” N 8°39’40” W
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5/25 More of Padron
May 25–31 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Sara and Selin are eating churros con chocolate. There were crowds of people at this Sunday marketplace in Padron. I'm so glad to have happened to stroll through here. 🥰
Traveler They are missing the chocolate.
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Traveler Rockin the tunes🎸😊
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Day 21
Sunday, May 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
☀️ 23 °C
Altitude: 14 m
Spain Padrón 42.739669, -8.6611642°44’23” N 8°39’40” W
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5/26/25 The last Miles to Santiago!
May 25 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 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?Read more
TravelerSo happy that you ladies were able to be in Santiago together ❤️
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TravelerNever thought I see you here! What a gift.
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TravelerEnjoy the next part of your adventure
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Traveler Looking good!
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Day 23
Tuesday, May 27, 2025 at 4:25 AM
⛅ 10 °C
Altitude: 228 m
Spain Santiago de Compostela 42.869775, -8.54393842°52’11” N 8°32’38” W
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The Cathedral de Santiago
May 27 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
TravelerALL your photos have been beautiful! Thank you for sharing.
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Traveler Congrats sister, well done🎉. I didn’t realize how massive of a structure the Cathedral really is! Safe travels on your return.
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Day 23
Tuesday, May 27, 2025 at 9:03 PM
⛅ 18 °C
Altitude: 290 m
Spain Santiago de Compostela 42.886701, -8.51597842°53’12” N 8°30’58” W
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SANTIAGO
May 27 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 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.Read more
Traveler Pretty room!
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TravelerI understand those words deep in my heart. ♥️
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Traveler OMG!! I know that , place, the best!! That’s where I put the weight back on after walking the Camino!!😂
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Jzionna's Wanderings😅🍨😋
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Day 24–25
May 28, 2025 at 3:43 AM - May 29, 2025
1 night
🌙 15 °C
Altitude: 10 m
Spain Muxía 43.10404, -9.21651543°6’15” N 9°12’59” W
Muxia Spain
May 28–29 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 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.Read more
TravelerWhat a lovely place to rest for a while.
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Day 24
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
☀️ 26 °C
Altitude: 63 m
Portugal Vila do Conde 41.332954, -8.66926741°19’59” N 8°40’9” W
And then there are the people.
May 28 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.Read more
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Day 25
Thursday, May 29, 2025 at 2:10 PM
☀️ 19 °C
Altitude: 25 m
Spain Fisterra 42.911313, -9.26386942°54’41” N 9°15’50” W
5/29 Day one in Fisterra
May 29 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 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.Read more
TravelerRelax your mind, body, and spirit my friend. Enjoy!
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Day 26
Friday, May 30, 2025 at 9:10 AM
🌬 16 °C
Altitude: 25 m
Spain Fisterra 42.911384, -9.26389442°54’41” N 9°15’50” W
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A Sunset Boat Ride
May 30 in Spain ⋅ 🌬 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.Read more
TravelerI'm glad that you enjoyed it! BTW, that "Irish music" is a part of the Celtic heritage of Galicia., 😊
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Jzionna's WanderingsYes, I know. I love it!
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Traveler Very cool
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Day 27–30
May 31, 2025 at 3:05 PM - June 3, 2025
3 nights
🌬 19 °C
Altitude: 25 m
Spain Fisterra 42.911382, -9.263842°54’41” N 9°15’50” W
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5/30 Fisterra/ Finesterre
May 31–Jun 3 in Spain ⋅ 🌬 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.Read more
Traveler Oh my gosh that is awful. The dryers take 10 minutes to dry your clothes. It’s crazy. I started to put in money for like 30 minutes and this guy said “try 10 minutes first”. I was like seriously! 💥 Bam it was dry in 10 minutes. Crazy hot. Sorry about your jacket.
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Traveler 😲
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Jzionna's WanderingsLesson learned.😉
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Day 28
Sunday, June 1, 2025 at 1:20 PM
🌬 18 °C
Altitude: 25 m
Spain Fisterra 42.911346, -9.26381842°54’41” N 9°15’50” W
6/1 A Coruña Spain
June 1 in Spain ⋅ 🌬 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.Read more
TravelerI’m sure your family misses you as well. Enjoy the last few days of your adventure.
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Day 28
Sunday, June 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
🌬 18 °C
Altitude: 20 m
Spain A Coruña 43.36944, -8.40262543°22’10” N 8°24’9” W
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Torre de Hércules
June 1 in Spain ⋅ 🌬 18 °C
Traveler Wow!
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Day 29
Monday, June 2, 2025 at 7:15 PM
☁️ 18 °C
Altitude: 127 m
Spain Carral 43.246378, -8.34577143°14’47” N 8°20’45” W
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Walking the English Way from A Coruña
June 2 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 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.✨️Read more
Traveler Love it👍
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Day 30
Tuesday, June 3, 2025 at 12:48 PM
☀️ 17 °C
Altitude: 397 m
Spain Mesía 43.151175, -8.36413443°9’4” N 8°21’51” W
6/3 Day 2 The English Way.
June 3 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 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.Read more
TravelerLooks like a pretty wonderful day!
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Day 31
Wednesday, June 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
☁️ 17 °C
Altitude: 396 m
Spain Mesía 43.151261, -8.36430943°9’5” N 8°21’52” W
6/4 To Sigüero, day 3 of the English Way
June 4 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 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.Read more
TravelerSo glad you are finishing on a high note 🎵
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TravelerAmazing people, places, and things.
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Day 32–36
June 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM - June 9, 2025
4 nights
☁️ 18 °C
Altitude: 283 m
Spain Santiago de Compostela 42.882902, -8.54158342°52’58” N 8°32’30” W
6/5 Returning to Santiago
Jun 5–9 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 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".Read more
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Day 33
Friday, June 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
☁️ 18 °C
Altitude: 240 m
Spain Santiago de Compostela 42.872081, -8.54966842°52’19” N 8°32’59” W
6/6 Rainy Days in Santiago.
June 6 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 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.✨️💖✨️
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TravelerSo glad your journey has ended on a high note
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Day 34
Saturday, June 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
⛅ 20 °C
Altitude: 240 m
Spain Santiago de Compostela 42.872073, -8.54966542°52’19” N 8°32’59” W
6/7 Coming to the end of my stay.
June 7 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 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.✨️Read more
TravelerYou be home soon. And then planning your next adventure. Us Gypsy’s do that sorta thing!! 😘 safe travels home.
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Jzionna's Wanderings😅💃💃🕺💃!! Oh ya!
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Travelerhome will be here❤️enjoy every moment!
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TravelerI enjoyed your photos. :)
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June 10, 2025