スペインAstorga42°27’26” N 6°3’22” W 7月19日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
In the many Facebook groups and Internet bulletin boards that I read as we were gearing up for the Camino, a common question was how much training and preparation was necessary. One school of thoughtもっと詳しく
スペインHospital de Órbigo42°27’50” N 5°52’37” W
7月19日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
We wrapped up week four today as we reached Astorga. We're two-thirds through our trip and two-thirds through the traditional sections as we leave the meseta and enter the mountains; 521 km are doneもっと詳しく
スペインSanta Marina del Rey42°27’43” N 5°50’5” W
7月18日, スペイン ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
The walk into and out of Leon is famously ugly (thanks, urban sprawl!) and we couldn’t get a reservation at the town before this one, so we were looking at a 31 km walk today. Since that’s wellもっと詳しく
スペインLeón42°35’56” N 5°34’3” W
7月18日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
The meseta will soon be ending and the climbing begins. Lots of people hate on the meseta, but we've enjoyed it.
Today's new words:
Chupachup - lollipop in Spain
Cachopo - Similar to a cordon bleu,もっと詳しく
スペインLeón42°35’57” N 5°34’2” W 7月17日, スペイン ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
We woke up without an alarm and had café con leche with croissants by the cathedral that we then toured.
This cathedral was my favorite so far as it was more complete and less chopped up intoもっと詳しく
スペインMansilla Mayor42°31’38” N 5°26’20” W 7月16日, スペイン ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
It took two breakfasts and a first lunch, but we made it. The first coffee was at a pseudo café/shop in someone's backyard; the coffee was from a pod machine and it came with half a donut. The secondもっと詳しく
スペインMansilla de las Mulas42°29’57” N 5°25’0” W 7月15日, スペイン ⋅ 🌙 26 °C
It’s almost 10:30 PM here. I should be trying to sleep, but I’m captivated by the view out our bedroom window: the last rays of sunset are playing off the 12th century church bell tower while theもっと詳しく
スペインEl Burgo Ranero42°25’30” N 5°13’31” W
7月15日, スペイン ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
The day began with us waiting for our albergue's bar to open for a café. It was late in opening but fortunately the bar next door opened so we went there. They had excellent Napoleon's, which wereもっと詳しく
スペインSahagún42°22’8” N 5°2’9” W 7月14日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 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 aもっと詳しく
スペインSahagún42°22’14” N 5°1’58” W 7月13日, スペイン ⋅ ☀️ 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 barもっと詳しく
旅行者
I loved the door to the Astorga cathedral. As is common on cathedral doors, there are carvings of scenes from the life of Christ. This door features Jesus driving the moneychangers from the temple, Jesus refusing to condemn the woman caught in adultery, and Jesus healing the blind man who is dressed as a pilgrim.