Lunch 7/13
13 июля 2018 г., Испания ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Mazarife for the night
13 июля 2018 г., Испания ⋅ ⛅ 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 июля 2018 г., Испания ⋅ 🌙 12 °C
Morning break: record pace
14 июля 2018 г., Испания ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
1st town was 9.5 km away, we made great time on the flat terrain.
Gothic bridge
14 июля 2018 г., Испания ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Gothic brige
Lunch: roadside bench under the shade
14 июля 2018 г., Испания ⋅ ☀️ 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 июля 2018 г., Испания ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Ecce Homo erminita
15 июля 2018 г., Испания ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
400+ km
15 июля 2018 г., Испания ⋅ ⛅ 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 deЧитать далее
Mid morning break
15 июля 2018 г., Испания ⋅ ⛅ 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 июля 2018 г., Испания ⋅ 🌧 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 июля 2018 г., Испания ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Cloudy, windy on our climb through the clouds to the highest point on the trail.
Highest point?
16 июля 2018 г., Испания ⋅ ⛅ 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 mementosЧитать далее
Ponferrada for the evening
16 июля 2018 г., Испания ⋅ ☀️ 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 anЧитать далее
Morning Start 7/17
17 июля 2018 г., Испания ⋅ ☀️ 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 coupleЧитать далее
Villafranca: rest days
17 июля 2018 г., Испания ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Mary of the Rosary church
17 июля 2018 г., Испания ⋅ ⛅ 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 housesЧитать далее
Morning start: 7/18
18 июля 2018 г., Испания ⋅ ☀️ 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 июля 2018 г., Испания ⋅ ☀️ 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 thereЧитать далее
2021: First steps on Camino
2 июля 2021 г., Испания ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Morning start
3 июля 2021 г., Испания ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
10 km breakfast
3 июля 2021 г., Испания ⋅ ⛅ 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 июля 2021 г., Испания ⋅ ⛅ 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 июля 2021 г., Испания ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Albuerge for the night
3 июля 2021 г., Испания ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C