Astrodude

Traveling with my wife and hiking the Camino de Santiago. Meer informatie www.astrodude.com California, United States of America

Camino de Santiago (Frances)
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- 18 okt 2023 16:38
- 🌬 63 °F
- Hoogte: 2.156 ft
- Spanje Galicia Monterroso Ligonde 42.855251, -7.7744442°51’19” N 7°46’28” W
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Day 40 - Lestedo
18 oktober 2023, Spanje ⋅ 🌬 63 °F
Windy and misting to light rain most of the day. We stayed at a very nice hostal and had a great lunch / dinner.
We walked 20 kilometers today (12.5 miles) and have 19 kilometers tomorrow. The rain will be heavier tomorrow.
We are now 71.5 kilometers from Santiago de Compostela.Meer informatie
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Reiziger That's spectacular
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This last leg has been beautiful! [Rosemary]
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Typical Galician weather…almost there! [Cisco]
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- 17 okt 2023 20:28
- 🌧 64 °F
- Hoogte: 1.316 ft
- Spanje Galicia Portomarín 42.807571, -7.61902142°48’27” N 7°37’8” W
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Day 39 - Portomarín
17 oktober 2023, Spanje ⋅ 🌧 64 °F
We are getting closer, the crowds are getting bigger, especially in the bigger towns.
The wind was howling, and we had little periods of rain, not really a fun day of walking. Hopefully, the wind will die down tomorrow.
We are 91 kilometers from Santiago de Compostela!!!!Meer informatie
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You look like a. Native. With the socks. [Josefina]
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Lovely [Josefina]
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It is not a miura,but thehorns are beautiful [Josefina]
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- 17 okt 2023 17:53
- 🌧 68 °F
- Hoogte: 1.316 ft
- Spanje Galicia Portomarín 42.807581, -7.61882942°48’27” N 7°37’8” W
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Day 39-Portomarín
17 oktober 2023, Spanje ⋅ 🌧 68 °F
It wasn't supposed to rain until 3pm today so we headed out optimistically but had our rain gear handy. Well, what do you know, it started raining one hour into our walk. So we stopped to put our rain jackets and new gaiters on. I also put some duct tape on the front of my shoes since they're not waterproof. It did the trick because it stopped raining for most of out walk. The wind was pretty brutal though so our rain jackets acted like windbreakers. It's a pain stopping for a break when you have rain gear on so we walked about 12 miles without a break.

Our room is up on a hill and has a great view to the bridge, river and hills on the other side (where we walked today). I had a great lunch of lentils, pulpo (octopus), and flan made from scratch. I've had flan a few times over the last few weeks and have been underwhelmed. They've tasted and had the texture of the kind made from a powder mix. Today's flan tasted and had the texture like the ones my mom and gradmother would make. By the way, I make a pretty good flan too. Delicious!

We walked a bit around town until it started raining hard. If it stops raining, we'll have a few tapas later. If it doesn't, we have Mr. Corn (corn nuts) to snack on.Meer informatie
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Hurrah! [Josefina]
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Nice. [Josefina]
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Those are not miuras,but what horns! [Josefina]
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- 16 okt 2023 16:25
- 🌧 64 °F
- Hoogte: 1.742 ft
- Spanje Galicia Sarria Barbadelo 42.769141, -7.44498142°46’9” N 7°26’42” W
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Day 38-Barbadelo
16 oktober 2023, Spanje ⋅ 🌧 64 °F
Today's walk went by in the blink of an eye. We walked 12 miles through lush farmland and trees, through villages in a light, misty rain. We stopped in Sarria, a small city, for lunch and we bought waterproof gaiters to keep our socks and shoes dry. It's supposed to rain everyday for the rest of our trip.

It's been said that once reaching Sarria, the Camino gets more crowded and noisy. It's gotten a little more crowded but alot more noisy from a group of four Kiwi ladies having a good time. They're really nice but it's a bit jarring after the peace and quiet we've had for over five weeks. We might just have to join in since it's harder to notice the noise when you're part of it.

The days are really starting to go by quickly now. It's really a bittersweet feeling. It's been a really hard journey at times, physically and mentally, but it's been everything having Pat with me to experience the highs and lows. Even though this Camino was my idea, I don't know if I would have had the willpower to keep going if I weren't with him.Meer informatie
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Reiziger 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
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Reiziger Wow! That sunrise on the water! So pretty....😃
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Reiziger May Camino Karma find them....🙀🤦🏼‍♀️
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- 16 okt 2023 16:18
- 🌧 63 °F
- Hoogte: 1.742 ft
- Spanje Galicia Sarria Barbadelo 42.769112, -7.44492842°46’9” N 7°26’42” W
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Day 38 - Barbardelo
16 oktober 2023, Spanje ⋅ 🌧 63 °F
We have past the start city (Sarria) that many people who cannot spend over month on the Camino start in. The rain was farlirly light today, but we are expecting heavier rain tomorrow.
We are less than a week from our goal, and it feels surreal. Stuff we talk about at dinner or lunch feels like it happened last year.Meer informatie
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Reiziger Awwww.....
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Reiziger This one should be framed. So so tranquil and definitely timely. Happy Fall. 🍁🍂
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Reiziger I absolutely love all the scenery in this area. 💜🤗 Hard to believe you're so close to the finish line. Wow!!!!
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- 15 okt 2023 17:48
- 🌧 61 °F
- Hoogte: 1.778 ft
- Spanje Galicia Samos 42.729327, -7.32776442°43’46” N 7°19’40” W
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Rest Day in Samos
15 oktober 2023, Spanje ⋅ 🌧 61 °F
Had a wonderful day off, toured a monastery, as you can see in the images. We are starting our home stretch tomorrow (means no more rest days) with an 11-mile walk. We will finish our Camino next Sunday (the 22nd).Meer informatie
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That front reminds me of the remains of a cathedral in Macau, built by the Portuguese . [Josefina]
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Very Good [Josefina]
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Reiziger 😂😂😂😂😂
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Camino de Santiago (Frances)
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- 15 okt 2023 17:35
- 🌧 61 °F
- Hoogte: 1.778 ft
- Spanje Galicia Samos 42.729337, -7.32776942°43’46” N 7°19’40” W
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Rest day in Samos
15 oktober 2023, Spanje ⋅ 🌧 61 °F
This was our last rest day until we reach Santiago in seven days. We had a nice breakfast with the Italians and a couple from Texas. We ended up speaking a new language called Spanglishian.

We toured the monastery which was pretty darn big. I think the monk said it's 14,000 square meters and it was built in the 6th century. They rent rooms to pilgrims but I don't think staying in a monastery is for us.

We had a long, leisurely lunch because we really don't have anything else to do. After lunch we walked over to a chapel that is next to the oldest cypress tree in Spain which is believed to be 1000 years old!Meer informatie
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Reiziger 7 days left!!! Wow!!! I was supposed to lose ten pounds while you were away. I better hurry up!!! Blaming y'all for sending all the yummy food pictures!!! 😂
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Reiziger Love this architecture!!! Seems different than earlier ones.
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Reiziger Gothic! Thank you!
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- 14 okt 2023 16:14
- ⛅ 68 °F
- Hoogte: 1.778 ft
- Spanje Galicia Samos 42.729343, -7.3277642°43’46” N 7°19’40” W
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Day 37-Samos
14 oktober 2023, Spanje ⋅ ⛅ 68 °F
We were able to sleep in a bit today since we only had 6.5 miles to walk. It was a nice surprise to see so many people we knew at breakfast since I thought they would have left much earlier.

The weather was mild and no rain was forecast. The trail went up and down but nothing too steep. Since we weren't in a rush, we stopped midway for a coffee...and sorbet. We walked through a few sleepy towns loaded with chestnut and walnut trees.

Today's calamity is brought to you by my curiosity and obsession with food. I kept seeing these big bunches of herb-looking plants growing wild everywhere. When I think a plant is an herb, I rub a leaf to smell it to determine what it is. When I rubbed the leaf, I noticed it was fuzzy and then I felt a really painful, prickly, burning sensation in my fingers. I thought I had a dozen splinters in my fingers but Pat said it was probably stinging nettles. I did an image search and, sure enough, that's what it was. It will take a few hours for the pain to completely dissipate. I wonder what mess I'll get into tomorrow.

As we entered Samos we were greeted with a beautiful view of the 1500 year old monastery. We'll tour it tomorrow on our day off.

When we checked in to our place, we met an Italian couple. It was fun practicing my rudimentary Italian and I was able to have a 15 minute conversation with them before running out of words.Meer informatie
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Reiziger Tomorrow will be perfect! I mean, you're touring a monastery. What kind of shenanigans could you get into there? 🙏🏼😃
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Reiziger B@$t@&ds!!! 😉 Sooo wish you'd had benadryl or something....
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Reiziger Reminds me of my marathon days when people would ask what do you think about when you're doing all that running? Penny for your thoughts Pat? 😃
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- 14 okt 2023 15:23
- ⛅ 66 °F
- Hoogte: 1.778 ft
- Spanje Galicia Samos 42.729327, -7.32776442°43’46” N 7°19’40” W
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Day 37 - Samos
14 oktober 2023, Spanje ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
Short hike today (6.5 miles) and really good weather. We now have a day off tomorrow. We plan on waking up late, breakfast, then tour the really nice monastary here.
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Reiziger Great pics. Enjoy your short day and day off. Pat got his tunnel on, yahoo!
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- 13 okt 2023 16:53
- 🌧 63 °F
- Hoogte: 2.169 ft
- Spanje Galicia Triacastela Tríacastela 42.755513, -7.24076242°45’20” N 7°14’27” W
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Day 36-Triacastela
13 oktober 2023, Spanje ⋅ 🌧 63 °F
Not much to write about today. There was supposed to be rain starting at 3pm which would give us plenty of time to complete today's walk. Instead there was a torrential downpour with hurricane force winds shortly after we started walking.

We played a game today called "dodge the cow patties". At one point it was no use so now our shoes smell like cow 💩. They're not coming home with us.

We stopped a couple times for nourishment and jogged the last mile downhill during a break from the wind. It was a 13 mile walk.

We feel pretty good now after a hot shower and a hot meal. We have a very short day tomorrow plus a rest day.Meer informatie
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Pobrecitos,,but ingest spirits. [Josefina]
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You are near Galicia,that is their weather. You are going to be there soon. [Josefina]
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Good and Beautifull both Love Tía [Alda]
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