Lunch 7/13
13. juli 2018, Spania ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Mazarife for the night
13. juli 2018, Spania ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
A great town with friendly residents. The albergue even had a small pool! The village church was dedicated to St. James so the retablo features scenes from his life and miracles.
Morning start 7/14
14. juli 2018, Spania ⋅ 🌙 12 °C
Morning break: record pace
14. juli 2018, Spania ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
1st town was 9.5 km away, we made great time on the flat terrain.
Gothic bridge
14. juli 2018, Spania ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Gothic brige
Lunch: roadside bench under the shade
14. juli 2018, Spania ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Some creative and kind residents made a bench, table and sculptures under one of the few trees in sight. While we had our lunch a flock of sheep crossed in the shade of the neighboring grove.
Gaudi designed bishop's palace
14. juli 2018, Spania ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Ecce Homo erminita
15. juli 2018, Spania ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
400+ km
15. juli 2018, Spania ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Made it over 400km. Kind of lost track of the km in the past few days, but noticed we passed the 400 km mark, but not by much. I think we're at about 410 km. Thanks to the people of Santa Carolina deLes mer
Mid morning break
15. juli 2018, Spania ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Expecting a climb, we rested. Onward just a few more km to our next place for the evening.
Rabanal pause on the climb
15. juli 2018, Spania ⋅ 🌧 21 °C
About to climb to the highest point on the trail. Decided to break up the climb by stopping part way. Enjoyed resting a bit earlier than normal.
Week 4 begins: Morning start 7/16
16. juli 2018, Spania ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Cloudy, windy on our climb through the clouds to the highest point on the trail.
Highest point?
16. juli 2018, Spania ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
So we climbed two peaks that claim to be the highest point on the camino. One is Cruz Ferro and the other is Pena de la Escorpia. Cruz Ferro is the place where pilgrims come with rocks or mementosLes mer
Ponferrada for the evening
16. juli 2018, Spania ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Explored the castle after finding a cute jazz coffee shop for iced coffees. The tapas tradition made its way there as we received an assortment of cookies with our order. The castle was hosting anLes mer
Morning Start 7/17
17. juli 2018, Spania ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
A 24 HR pharmacy, good symbol of the start. Stocked up on on more ibuprofen. Today is a pseudo rest day. We're walking to the bus station and busing to Villafranca then resting at a hotel for a coupleLes mer
Villafranca: rest days
17. juli 2018, Spania ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Mary of the Rosary church
17. juli 2018, Spania ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Walked in and instantly loved the church. The last few days of hiking have been on some sorts of shale and we began to see more and more stone houses of cut shale. The last few towns have had housesLes mer
Morning start: 7/18
18. juli 2018, Spania ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Much later than usual, but it is a rest day. Still got to walk by a castle and on our way to another church.
Santiago Church, Camino Pause: 428 km
18. juli 2018, Spania ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Made the decision this morning to pause the Camino journey for this year. Eric is in too much pain to continue. Seems like Villafranca is the perfect place to pause. At this Church of Santiago thereLes mer
2021: First steps on Camino
2. juli 2021, Spania ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Morning start
3. juli 2021, Spania ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
10 km breakfast
3. juli 2021, Spania ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
1st town was quite a walk, but made it fine and got the first breakfast of the Camino in 2021...
A break at the springs
3. juli 2021, Spania ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
A surprise spring in the midst of a hill climb, Fuente Praotorre, has a nice picnic area.
7/3: Views along the route
3. juli 2021, Spania ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Albuerge for the night
3. juli 2021, Spania ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C