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Camino 2023

Started w the Camino Frances with Auntie Erin 💕💕and ending it solo w the friends made along the way En savoir plus
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  • Devi SchwartzCamino 2023Voyageur
    dinner was salad entirely from their garden, fresh bread, hummus, and wine + owner played 🎸
    outdoor space w hammocksyoga studioit was built by hand by volunteers with organic, local materials (eg mud, straw)my fav partthis was the reception !more of the outdoor spaceoverview of outdoor space2bridge into this amazing town 🤩

    Tonight’s Stay - Albergue Verde

    29 avril 2023, Espagne ⋅ ⛅ 68 °F

    My favorite albergue so far ! The hosts were so kind and welcoming ! We were given REAL, freshly washed sheets and a blanket upon arrival, which is a rarity. There’s a beautiful outdoor space with hammocks, picnic tables, friendly dogs, a greenhouse, and yoga studios ! We were offered a yoga class, dinner, and breakfast all in exchange for an anonymous donation/whatever we had (I’ve met a few pilgrims who are surviving on donations).En savoir plus

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  • Devi SchwartzCamino 2023Voyageur
    kms are dropping!
    pilgrim oasis🦋out of the mesetas and in the forest/meadowcute little towns more frequently nowapproaching the city of AstorgaGaudi buildingcatedralcheese festival that madr us sick by being too yummy 😡😡inside one of Astorga's churches

    in Astorga

    30 avril 2023, Espagne ⋅ ☁️ 57 °F

    Last night, I met people who I really enjoyed talking to. This morning I asked one of my fellow pilgrims, Daina, from Germany/Lithuania if they wanted to walk together to Astorga. I soon learned Daina and I have very different Camino styles - we were on the road at around 9:45 😅😅 I had been accustomed to starting my walk a solid 3 hours earlier, before the sun was up. I met whole groups of people today that I had not yet interacted w yet solely because they all prefer to leave much later. Anyway, the walk today was gorgeous, but I didn’t take many pics because I was busy talking/listening.

    Astorga is very cool! There is a cheese festival here right now. My friend and I ate so much cheese we’re not feeling too well great right now tho 😂    En savoir plus

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  • Devi SchwartzCamino 2023Voyageur
    obligatory sunrise pic
    2250km!1there was a cool albergue that is native american inspired in which you sleep in tipis1another stork nest!!11cool beetle!!big climb!2goat cheese salad as soon as i arrived at my albergue!

    Foncebadón

    1 mai 2023, Espagne ⋅ ⛅ 45 °F

    I was able to have the early start I’ve grown to love this morning. Today was a self-reflection day after a couple of days of walking with people. It was 16 miles with about 650m (2115ft) climb. Staying in an albergue I had heard positive reviews about tonight so I’m excited 😁😁En savoir plus

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  • Devi SchwartzCamino 2023Voyageur
    1gorgeous sunrise td
    2iron cross2first little oasis where i had a bit of brekky2def out of the mesetas now!2constantly climbing up and down these mountains1walking towards Molinaseca1castle in Ponferradaa river right below it2back to the usual fare 😭😭 at least they kindly gave me a SINGLE non-fried veggie 😂

    heat wave incoming!

    2 mai 2023, Espagne ⋅ ☁️ 48 °F

    today was difficult! it was a climb to start and then the rest of the day was pretty much just a steep downhill on loose gravel :( feeling p tired today after having a super snorer in the bed right above me last night. but anyway, I am here in Ponferrada while hiking in 80 deg. weather. Tomorrow will be the same.En savoir plus

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  • Devi SchwartzCamino 2023Voyageur
    2first jet black slug of many (galicia has tons)!
    1another stork sightingHUGE, cute, and friendly doga really cute town called Campayonaraladybug on flowera little rest area for mein villafranca1in the 100s!2preview of the albergue ill be staying in

    21 miles to Trabadelo

    3 mai 2023, Espagne ⋅ ☁️ 61 °F

    Today I felt really good :) I had originally planned to just go to Villafranca but once there, I felt I could keep going. Especially after I found an albergue called Casa Susi that is run by people who are friends of Albergue Verde (the yoga albergue I really loved). I walked about 5 miles to the next town, Trabadelo, and I am now settling in. The albergue is beautiful so far and after this post I’m going to dip my feet in the river to rejuvenate them for tomorrow!En savoir plus

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  • Devi SchwartzCamino 2023Voyageur
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    best pilgrim dinner 🥰🥰

    3 mai 2023, Espagne ⋅ 🌧 61 °F

    just now, I had the yummiest pilgrim dinner thus far with some amazing people ! one other American, 2 Spanish men, a Australian woman, a German man, a Danish woman, a Scottish man, and a Singaporean man. It began raining nearly as soon as I had just gotten settled in around 3:30 or so, so the Singaporean man, the Scottish man, and the Danish woman all retreated inside to the main area. We sat there talking until dinner was served until 8! Dinner was just as lively. Anyway, we are still talking so I don’t want to write more, I just wanted to document this amazing night :)En savoir plus

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  • Devi SchwartzCamino 2023Voyageur
    found this pretty
    sleepy cowsamazing views, pre-rainwhat much of the climb looked likecrossing over into Galicia 🥳many rode horses up to the top1palazzo in o cebreiro, a common structure in Galaciavery foggy and rainy past o cebreirothe highest point !150km left

    climb to O Cebreiro and on

    4 mai 2023, Espagne ⋅ ⛅ 57 °F

    Today I walked 21 miles and climbed about 700m total. It felt so good to finally have some climbing to do after the flat mesetas. When I arrived to the top of O Cebreiro (where many stay for the night after the climb), I was resting, having a drink, and 5 separate people offered to buy me a drink because they were so impressed by how fast I walked up the climb😂. If only they knew the climbs the Sierra Nevada has. After that ego boost and since it was only 11:30 when I arrived to the top, I decided to push on about 7.5mi to the next town with an adequate stay, Fonfria (where I write this). For the next two hours, it rained hard and pilgrims were few and far between since many chose not to walk in the rain. It was nice.En savoir plus

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  • Devi SchwartzCamino 2023Voyageur
    yet another sunrise pic
    this pic doesnt do the moon justicevalley of fog beyond the treeslove seeing the cows every morninghórreo-traditional Galician grain storagelots of pretty colorsmany SDNPPs 😅approaching Melide, really cool town i wouldve loved to stay intodays lunch was pulpo a la gallega and tinto de veranotake-away octopus 😂

    Boente… right past Melide

    7 mai 2023, Espagne ⋅ ☁️ 48 °F

    I had a pretty good day today! I’ve been listening to an audiobook lately and I finished it today. There was no rain but cool fog for most of the day, until later when the heat wave started creeping back in 😅 There’s been a ton SDNPPs (short distance no pack pilgrims - a term I learned from a seasoned French pilgrim). A lot of people just start from the minimum distance needed to earn a credential (100km) and then don’t carry their packs. So it’s not as tranquil anymore. Today, we reached Melide, the city where most stop and I had Galician octopus, which was really yummy. I wanted to continue on though to separate myself from the crowd and walked the next 3 miles to the next town with a bed with a Bulgarian woman who I’ve been traveling with for the past 4/5 days! The town im staying in today is at the 47km mark!En savoir plus

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  • Devi SchwartzCamino 2023Voyageur

    O Pedrouzo

    8 mai 2023, Espagne ⋅ ☁️ 48 °F

    Second to last day of walking! I’ve reached the 19km mark and I’m saving those for tomorrow. Hasn’t been as nice lately because the trails are SUPER crowded with SDNPPs. I’m excited to finish tomorrow and have my last albergue night tonight.

    Also I couldn’t take a lot of pictures because my phone wasn’t working for the majority of the day.    En savoir plus

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  • Devi SchwartzCamino 2023Voyageur
    ill miss these purple fields !!
    fat slug !!a 10k away.. i was so tempted to just run this !!Santiago in the distance, if you zoom in, you can find the Cathedraloutskirts of town..3.1415926...kms away from the finishthe cathedral should be around here somewhere...flat peaches ?1we did it !!! sorry if i made you dizzy !a sign i never thought i would see1credential ! it almosts looks like i started on april 22nd, which would mean i was SUPER fast1had a solo lunch of galician cheese and octopus on toast while the other pilgrims went to mass 🫣😂the square filled out w pilgrims even more by 2ish1hotel mom and i stayed in last Sept before Finisterre

    Made it to Santiago !! 🕺🏽🥳

    9 mai 2023, Espagne ⋅ 🌧 57 °F

    today was only 12 miles of walking so I made it to Santiago around 11:30 ! 28 days and 500 miles later and I feel like a different person. the feeling of finishing this adventure was unreal :) I have so many thoughts and feelings right now but I’ll save those for my journal and keep this post short and sweet 🥰 excited to see everyone back home tho!En savoir plus

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  • Devi SchwartzCamino 2023Voyageur
    a pic of Lena and I having a galician dinner the day we finished the camino! (forgot to post it)
    pilgrim's mass ! also forgot for yesterday's poston train!very beautiful views the entire 3.5 hr train rideviews from the hotel room!nice to be back in the widely varied, upscale food scene in madrid !live music right outside 🥰

    took a train to Madrid today!

    9 mai 2023, Espagne ⋅ ⛅ 79 °F

    I took a train from Santiago to Madrid today, which was painless. Madrid feels so safe and familiar to me now, but still I am excited to go home. I finally got around to watching some of the medical school orientation videos I was supposed to watch about a month and a half ago. It’s getting more and more real that this time on my trip, and on my life, is coming to a bittersweet close.En savoir plus

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  • Fin du voyage
    14 mai 2023