Made it to Toulouse!
11 сентября 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☀️ 86 °F
Our first two flights were delayed by about an hour, so I was afraid we might not make it in time, but we caught the last flight to Toulouse and just spent one evening here. It’s a lively andЧитать далее
1st Day in Oloron Sainte Marie
12 сентября 2023 г., Франция ⋅ 🌧 72 °F
We arrived in Oloron Sainte-Marie yesterday afternoon after riding two trains from Toulouse, then walked a long and rather steep hill (good Camino, practice!) to our guest house. Oloron is a beautifulЧитать далее
ПутешественникUSA doesn’t have beautiful old buildings older then all of us 😀
OSM: more churches & a walk
14 сентября 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F
On this day we checked out the other two Quartiers of Oloron Sainte Marie, each with their respective churches: Notre Dame, and Sainte Marie. Then we walked about 5 km to the village of Moumour andЧитать далее
Traveling to Zaragoza Spain
15 сентября 2023 г., Испания ⋅ 🌧 57 °F
To reach Zaragoza, we had to take a bus from Oloron Sainte Marie to Canfranc Estación, an old international train station located in the Pyrenees just across the Spanish border. There is currently noЧитать далее
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So many beautiful places in this world! Thank you for sharing the pictures of some of them
Street scenes in Zaragoza
16 сентября 2023 г., Испания ⋅ ☁️ 82 °F
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Wish they would do that here so Bart can really see the fire truck engine
Palacio de la Aljafería
16 сентября 2023 г., Испания ⋅ ☁️ 81 °F
We paid 1 Euro each (courtesy of being over 65) for a guided tour of the Aljafería Palace, fortified medieval palace built during the second half of the 11th century in Al-Andalus, present dayЧитать далее
Basilica of Our Lady of Pilar
16 сентября 2023 г., Испания ⋅ ☁️ 81 °F
Saragossa not only has a beautiful palace from the Moorish period, it is also home to a quite impressive Basilica, and also a Cathedral. Altogether there was way too much excess between these last twoЧитать далее
ПутешественникOh, not this trip, in April will get to be with aunt Connie and maybe aunt Donna also but this trip is just us and of course we see Lucas and Liz 🥰
Volunteer time in Santiago de Compostela
23 сентября 2023 г., Испания ⋅ ☀️ 48 °F
We’ve been here for a week doing our volunteer stint at the Pilgrim’s office in Santiago de Compostela. It’s been a busy time, I thought it would feel like we’d have lots of free time when ourЧитать далее
Finishing our volunteer stint in SdC
3 октября 2023 г., Испания ⋅ ☁️ 70 °F
Our second week volunteering at the pilgrims office went by quickly, all too quickly. Every day we walked or bussed the 3 km to the Pilgrims office, then worked nonstop for five hours, then foundЧитать далее
Stop in Leon to visit with friends
4 октября 2023 г., Испания ⋅ ☁️ 73 °F
In between our volunteer time in Santiago, and starting our own Camino, we had the tremendous joy of spending a day in Leon with our Camino Friends, Larry and Carolyn Hatch, and also got to meet theirЧитать далее
ПутешественникYes, Bart would love that park, it was a huge park and had several different play areas and so many children! And nine in the evening is not at all late for Spanish children, they’re often up after 10 PM enjoying the nightlife with their parents. It’s a whole different lifestyle here.
León Cathedral
4 октября 2023 г., Испания ⋅ ☁️ 73 °F
The cathedral in León deserves its own footprint. It is the most outstanding example of late Gothic architecture than I seen in cathedrals thus far. It is exceptionally airy and bright, with 125Читать далее
ПутешественникThank you for such beautiful pictures of my favorite building in the world!!!
Belorado to Villafranca Montes de Oca
6 октября 2023 г., Испания ⋅ ☀️ 57 °F
We spent the previous night in Belorado at Casa Wasala, the place that we spent our last night on the Camino last year. It was very nice to see the host, Paul, again, he is a true Pilgrim. He hasЧитать далее
ПутешественникTina, my findpenguins app just updated so I’m able to catch up with your feed. So lovely! Where did you stay in SdC? Sounds perfect! And thanks for your contributions to pilgrimage! I’m sure it was hard work but fulfilling. Hope you’re feeling and breathing better … I’ll be doing something similar in a couple weeks— going to Burgos and walking backwards along the Camino to Nájera, if my feet let me, to volunteer there. Following your notes with great interest! Give each other a hug from me. Buen camino!
ПутешественникHey Ana, sounds like we will miss you by almost 2 weeks, because will be in Burgos tomorrow, then staying one extra day. I hope you have a great time as hospitalera in Nàjera. In Santiago de Compostela, they put us up in a special volunteer section of the municipal albergue that’s 3 km from the cathedral. We were separate from the pilgrims With our own entrance and kitchen and everything. We never even encountered them in the Albergue but of course we saw them every day at the pilgrims office when we issued compostelas.
Villafranca to Atapuerca
7 октября 2023 г., Испания ⋅ ⛅ 79 °F
After yesterday’s fiasco, (me almost not making it from Belorado to Villafranca) I let Roel start today’s walk on his own, because there was a severe ascent for the first several kilometers out ofЧитать далее
Atapuerca to Burgos
8 октября 2023 г., Испания ⋅ 🌙 52 °F
We had a 20 km day today, neither of us had any difficulties, so that was good! We left Atapuerca when it was still dark, although just barely. Got some nice pictures of the sunrise as we wereЧитать далее
A Day in Burgos
9 октября 2023 г., Испания ⋅ ☁️ 77 °F
Burgos to Rabe de las Calzadas
10 октября 2023 г., Испания ⋅ 🌙 46 °F
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That’s what the sunflowers are looking like here but just a little bit more green, but it is also, the trees are beautiful
ПутешественникYes, many fields of ready to harvest sunflowers here, although I can’t tell if some of them were maybe stunted due to lack of water, some look very small
Rabe de las Calzadas to Hontanas
11 октября 2023 г., Испания ⋅ ☀️ 45 °F
Hontanas to Castrojeriz
12 октября 2023 г., Испания ⋅ ☀️ 50 °F
Castrojeriz to Boadilla del Camino
13 октября 2023 г., Испания ⋅ ⛅ 54 °F
Boadilla d Camino - Villalcázar de Sirga
14 октября 2023 г., Испания ⋅ ☁️ 54 °F
This was another 20 km day, which is short for some people, but is pretty much the max for us!
ПутешественникMax for me, too. Such beautiful photos!!! Thank you for sharing!!!
Villalcazar de Sirga to Carriòn de los C
15 октября 2023 г., Испания ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
This was a rest day, we only walked about 6 km to our lodging on the far side of Carrión de los Condes. It was also a splurge night: I had reserved a room in a hotel that was inside an old monasteryЧитать далее
ПутешественникSan Zoilo❤️❤️❤️ such a restful, beautiful place. Hope you got to tour the museum, supposedly only open to guests? And what a beautiful place to hear Bach’s Goldberg variation #1…honestly, I feel I’m walking with you guys…
ПутешественникAna, we did not get to tour the museum because we were there on a Sunday and it was closed on Sunday afternoons! It’s a little disappointing, but otherwise the place was fantastic
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Love the bridge I can throw some Pooh bear sticks with Bartholomew.
Carrión dl Condes to Calzadilla dl Cueza
16 октября 2023 г., Испания ⋅ ☁️ 55 °F
Our walk today was 17 1/2 km with no intermediate stops other than the bus that you see in the pictures. These are the kind of days that you hope to find well screened areas off the road to use inЧитать далее
Путешественник…one of my favorite days on the Camino…sky, earth, footsteps…(and yes, no bathroom…)
ПутешественникI really enjoy the Meseta also, it’s been very calming so far
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Now that would be a place I like to drink a cup of decaf coffee
Calzadilla to Terradillos dl Templarios
17 октября 2023 г., Испания ⋅ ☀️ 59 °F
Our walking day was shorter than I had thought it would be because I made a math error when doing the itinerary. But I t was nice to have another short day.
We walked mostly on gravel paths and someЧитать далее
Terradillos de los Templarios to Sahagún
18 октября 2023 г., Испания ⋅ 🌬 55 °F
ПутешественникThat walk looks like miles away to get to your destination
Sahagún to El Burgo Ranero
19 октября 2023 г., Испания ⋅ 🌧 57 °F
I didn’t take any photos today, it was wet and cold, and I was just wanting to walk fast to get warm. I am including a couple of photos that Roel took of me that show the wet conditions on theЧитать далее
ПутешественникIf u jump in the water puddles it can give you reminisce of your childhood 😀
Путешественник😆 yes, I suppose it would have been, but it was also pretty cold, so we tried to avoid getting more wet! 😂
Путешественникwelcome to Europe. Have a good time
ПутешественникThank you, Marlies! We are here to work on finishing another Camino, I wish we had time to stop in Germany!
Except for the airline food, looks like you're off to a great start! Happy Camino!! [Susan Starr]
ПутешественникThank you Susan, yes, you’re right, it’s been very nice so far!