SpainSahagún42°22’8” N 5°2’9” W Yesterday in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Church bells ringing every quarter hour throughout the night made for a long restless night. We reheated some cold coffee left out by our hosts and embarked on our 10 km walk to real coffee. We had aRead more
SpainSahagún42°22’14” N 5°1’58” W July 13 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Today was a lovely, lazy day. We only had to do about 16 km/9.9 miles and the weather was nice and mild, so we slept in a little bit so we could grab a quick café con Leche from our albergue’s barRead more
SpainLedigos42°21’17” N 4°51’57” W July 13 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
We enjoyed a full night's rest thanks to a 6pm dinner at the albergue and only a 17 km walk today. We drank a café con leche at 6:30am as the albergue bar opened and then departed with a CaminoRead more
SpainCarrión de los Condes42°20’13” N 4°35’53” W
July 12 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Carrion de Los Condes to Ledigos
As we end our third week on the Camino, we reached the halfway point both in terms of time and distance (about 400 km done). It was another 4 am wake up to beat theRead more
SpainCarrión de los Condes42°20’15” N 4°36’22” W
July 11 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
An obvious conversation starter on the Camino is, "Why are you doing the Camino?" After 20 days I'm still not sure I have a good or simple answer like the ones I've heard.
I enjoy traveling and wasRead more
SpainCarrión de los Condes42°20’15” N 4°36’8” W July 11 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Today’s lesson: the early bird might get the worm (and perhaps the last private room in the pilgrim’s hostel), but the late (or at least slow) pilgrim gets to see the inside of the 12th centuryRead more
SpainFrómista42°16’9” N 4°24’16” W
July 10 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Grace hit the highlights so here are some more pictures.
SpainFrómista42°16’5” N 4°24’18” W July 10 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
We had a long day of walking (25.5 km/almost 16 miles) and temperatures were supposed to reach 90 by the afternoon, so we set off at 5 AM.
We had a steep climb right off the bat, but the moon andRead more
SpainCastrojeriz42°17’13” N 4°7’36” W July 9 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
Gather round, friends, as I tell you about the most Chris Shannon thing to happen on the Camino so far:
Chris and I had a little bit of energy after resting at our albergue, so we decided to visitRead more
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If you look closely at the pictures, you can see that they tell you how much of each kind comes in a box. We missed this key detail when ordering and thought that we could order individual pieces.
SpainCastrojeriz42°17’30” N 4°7’48” W July 9 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
We departed before sunrise after a cup of coffee and packaged pastries. It was another beautiful cool morning and amazing sunrise. We had breakfast at the halfway point in Hontanas and were inRead more
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The Camino romantically passes under one of the monastery’s half-crumbled arches. In the Middle Ages, this site contained a sheltered porch area where pilgrims who arrived after the monastery gates had been locked for the night could find a protected place to sleep. There, the monks also left food and drink in two stone niches set within the wall.
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Founded in 1146 by the French order of Antonines, followers of Saint Anthony of Egypt, the present ruins of the monastery of San Antón Abad stand alone in the nook of a small ravine, mostly to the left of the Camino. Largely Gothic and from the 14th century, the monastery existed in service to pilgrims as a hospital.
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This was a cafe stop #2 for the day.
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Lunch at the place where we were supposed to have had sleeping reservations.