Camino de Santiago - Frances

september - oktober 2022

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- 14 sep. 2022 15:17
- ⛅ 81 °F
- Hoogte: 1.385 ft
- Spanje Navarra Estella-Lizarra Iglesia de San Pedro de la Rua 42.66931, -2.02947842°40’10” N 2°1’46” W
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Estella
14 september 2022, Spanje ⋅ ⛅ 81 °F
We decided to take a rest day today before a long day tomorrow. Took a short 2.7 mile walk into Estella and then had a great day hanging with friends, visiting the Decathlon store for a couple of things and then more hanging out until a Pilgrim’s dinner. It was a really fun, chill day and well deserved.Meer informatie
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Reiziger He is there!!!
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Reiziger Proof of life
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Reiziger 😅
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- 15 sep. 2022 14:37
- ⛅ 79 °F
- Hoogte: 1.496 ft
- Spanje Navarra Arcos, Los Los Arcos 42.569489, -2.19191342°34’10” N 2°11’31” W
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Los Arcos
15 september 2022, Spanje ⋅ ⛅ 79 °F
We tried something new today and paid $5 to have our packs forwarded ahead and just carried small packs. This made for a fast and effortless day of 13.5 miles into Los Arcos. Sherry and Bryan, who we started out with, took a leisurely speed and we had a wonderful 6 mile chat with Carol, a retired oncology nurse from North Carolina, who is now a friend for life! It is just wonderful the chats you can have while walking the Spanish countryside.

Los Arcos looks to be a tight farming community with a great city square which should be good fun tonight. Tomorrow we are off to the city of Logroño, a 33km day.Meer informatie
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Reiziger What was the consensus on shipping the packs ahead?
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Reiziger Scary giving up everything you have to a tag with a $5 EUR bill in it, walking away and hoping it is there at the end of the day, but it worked great. Now the question is what is it going to be like putting it back on.
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Reiziger Great photos BTW. Are you using your phone or other?
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Reiziger Yep, just the phone.
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Reiziger I wondered, too. What kind of phone, Tom?
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- 16 sep. 2022 19:59
- ☀️ 68 °F
- Hoogte: 1.299 ft
- Spanje La Rioja Logroño Concatedral de Sta María de La Redonda 42.467213, -2.44499842°28’2” N 2°26’42” W
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Logroño
16 september 2022, Spanje ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F
Once again we started out long before the sunrise to get miles in and miss the heat but the weather today was perfect hiking weather, cool and overcast. Walking here is amazing. The mileage is hard, at just shy of 19 miles today and likely more than 20 tomorrow, but the rewards are huge.

We are meeting so many people walking for so many different reasons. When we get into a new village it seems we always run into someone we know, usually a person we met days earlier. It is so good to check in with, and encourage, one another. At dinner last night we had great conversations challenged by many languages but it all gets sorted out somehow.

Each night around dinner time we begin the search for a bed for the next night. Somehow it works out, be it a bunk bed like tonight with 12 others or like tomorrow where we scored a room with just two beds!

Tomorrow looks like another cool weather day so walking should be good.
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Reiziger Looks sooo early but sooo worth it
16-09-2022Reageren
Reiziger 19 miles?? Intense
16-09-2022Reageren
Reiziger It is!! We are sending our big backpacks ahead tomorrow and carrying a lighter load as tomorrow will be 20 miles! 😳 Thank goodness they sell extra strength ibuprofen over the counter here! 😉😬
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- 17 sep. 2022 19:49
- ⛅ 64 °F
- Hoogte: 1.634 ft
- Spanje La Rioja Nájera Arroyo de Pozuelo 42.418198, -2.73514642°25’6” N 2°44’7” W
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Nájera
17 september 2022, Spanje ⋅ ⛅ 64 °F
Left town about 6:45am as many people were still trying to find their way home from celebrating all night after Spain beat Germany in basketball. It was sunnier today but cooler temps. In other words, another day of perfect hiking weather. We walked through endless grape vineyards with harvest just getting underway. Beautiful.

We were finally able to reconnect with Miguel, one of our favorite Camino friends, in Najera. We had beers and a yummy Pilgrim dinner of Chinese food.

The sad news is Tom has developed some tendinitis and grabbed a taxi the last 7 miles of the walk today. He will taxi ahead to the next town tomorrow as well in order to give his leg a rest. Hopefully with a little down time he will be as good as new and rejoining me on the trail.

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Reiziger So pretty
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Reiziger Rest easy, Tom!
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Reiziger #nuts
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- 18 sep. 2022 21:32
- ⛅ 63 °F
- Hoogte: 2.165 ft
- Spanje La Rioja Santo Domingo de la Calzada 42.439298, -2.9520642°26’21” N 2°57’7” W
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Santo Domingo de la Calzada
18 september 2022, Spanje ⋅ ⛅ 63 °F
Tom took another day of rest in hopes that his tendinitis begins to heal. I left in darkness again, walking out of town with a great guy named Paul from Australia (another friendly Aussie!). We had great conversation for along way. At some point he took off like a rocket and I walked the last 5-6 miles, of my 13 mile day, at a leisurely stroll, listening to music and thoroughly enjoying the journey. But as always, I am spent when I hobble into town at the end of the day. This long distance walking, multiple days in a row, is no joke 😳

Tom met me in town after sharing a ride with 3 other injured Pilgrims. We will spend a down day here tomorrow to allow Tom to rest and seek medical attention. I am hoping to be on the trail again on Tuesday hopefully with Tom trudging along beside me. Still ❤️ 🇪🇸!

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Reiziger I hope to hear good recovery news on Toms tendinitis. Sending strength.
18-09-2022Reageren
Reiziger So sorry to hear Tom has tendinitis. I know what that feels like without walking 15-20 miles a day on it. I hope for a speedy recovery for him. Peggy, you are amazing to do that by yourself.
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Reiziger Signs like this would be the only thing keeping me going
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- 19 sep. 2022 17:32
- ⛅ 81 °F
- Hoogte: 2.165 ft
- Spanje La Rioja Santo Domingo de la Calzada 42.43924, -2.95196842°26’21” N 2°57’7” W
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Down day in Santo Domingo de la Calzada
19 september 2022, Spanje ⋅ ⛅ 81 °F
A rest day in Santo Domingo was hard for me mentally but probably the best choice physically. We started out at the pharmacy (along with other pilgrims we knew) and got a “bag of cures” for Tom’s self diagnosed tendinitis 😅. As of late this afternoon he is feeling much better but wisely will share a taxi with pilgrim friends to the next town tomorrow to give his foot one more day to (hopefully) recover. I will walk out of town with our nurse friend, Carol (who we mentioned in a post a few days back). It’s so good to have others to share the ups and downs of this crazy journey.

Did we mention today was a holiday of sorts in town? Most businesses are shut down and there was a parade up and down the streets for hours. Tom has captured a little video for you to appreciate.

The rest of today was spent doing laundry, touring the local cathedral, having a great breakfast and lunch and watching Tom elevate his foot as much as possible. Looking forward to a light dinner tonight, a good night’s sleep and seeing what tomorrow brings.

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Reiziger I’m praying for Tom’s recovery and Peg’s journey. ❤️
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Reiziger Hopefully she doesn’t run into that young Fabio kid we have seen on the way 😢.
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Reiziger This whole room was incredible mosaic tiles. ❤️
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- 20 sep. 2022 16:41
- ☀️ 75 °F
- Hoogte: 2.539 ft
- Spanje Castilla y León Belorado 42.421163, -3.19072642°25’16” N 3°11’27” W
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Belorado
20 september 2022, Spanje ⋅ ☀️ 75 °F
Well, the day started off with me taking Peg into the center of town to meet up with Carol from NC who she hiked with for the day and then getting an Americano, fresh OJ and a croissant for breakfast. Then I took a quick taxi ride before I started my 1 km walk into town😅. Oh, and Peg walked 22km and took all the walking photos along the way. My ankle is much better today and I am back to walking tomorrow.

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Reiziger Very cool
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Reiziger Great photos Peg! Happy your ankle is better Tom. Great news “bag of cures” is beginning to work.
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- 21 sep. 2022 16:17
- ☀️ 72 °F
- Hoogte: 3.212 ft
- Spanje Castilla y León Arlanzón Agés 42.369591, -3.479242°22’11” N 3°28’45” W
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Agés
21 september 2022, Spanje ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F
Wowsa, can I mention how cold it was this morning?! 😳 We are usually so concerned with what the high temperature will be for the day that we neglected to look at the low temp for the morning. With it being Tom’s first day back walking, and having to cover 17 miles today, we made the wise decision to travel light and have our backpacks sent ahead. That means we did not have everything at our disposal when we started walking in shorts in 37 degree weather! 😫 Luckily we had a couple layers for the top half but suffered from 6:30-9:30 with freezing legs, hands and ears.

Crazy that Tom made it to our destination on his bad foot while wearing a brand new pair of Teva sandals the whole way. It was touch and go there for a while and he felt every step but we made it!!

Looking forward to dinner, sleep, and a walk into Burgos tomorrow where we will reunite with most of our Camino family who are a day ahead of us. We are anxious to spend a couple days there with friends and replenishing some basic supplies, including new shoes for Tom.

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Reiziger I can feel how cold it is
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Reiziger “Care” emojii
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Reiziger Glad Tom’s foot was recovered enough to walk today!
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- 22 sep. 2022 20:49
- 🌙 66 °F
- Hoogte: 2.858 ft
- Spanje Castilla y León Burgos Arco de Santa María 42.339584, -3.70480442°20’23” N 3°42’17” W
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Burgos - Day 1
22 september 2022, Spanje ⋅ 🌙 66 °F
Started our day before the sun was up which is the new normal. It really is beautiful walking out of silent villages with a headlamp and then getting to see and hear the day awaken as you walk. I thought it would be hard to wake up and get out so early but you do have the help of 12-20 other people snoring through the night to encourage you to be up and out 😂.

The first thing was a good climb to a wonderful vista and downhill for the balance of the walk into Burgos. At 10 miles my ankle said enough was enough and I caught the free city bus from the edge of town. I did wave to Peg as we buzzed by a few blocks later. The plan was to rest my foot but I ended up walking back from the center of town to guide Peg in likely adding another 3-4 miles to the day.

We are in town for two nights and had a great evening meeting up with friends we haven’t seen for a couple of days, most importantly Helen and Mike who have invited us for a visit to Dublin on our way home! Tomorrow we are tourists for the day in Burgos.Meer informatie
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Reiziger Yay the time in Ireland will be great!
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Reiziger Can’t wait! We had always planned to spend a few days there on our way home. Meeting a sweet couple from Dublin and them offering to take us on what they tell us will be a “beautiful, unforgettable hike” while we are there has just sweetened the pot! ☺️
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Reiziger Yes! You now have your very own emotional support leprechauns! Just as you had hoped! 😂
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Reiziger ❤️
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Reiziger It’s everything she’s ever wanted
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- 23 sep. 2022 19:31
- ☁️ 66 °F
- Hoogte: 2.861 ft
- Spanje Castilla y León Burgos Arco de Santa María 42.339527, -3.70482842°20’22” N 3°42’17” W
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Burgos Day 2
23 september 2022, Spanje ⋅ ☁️ 66 °F
Today was a day of rest; you know, time off our feet. Why does my watch show 19,629 steps walked? The rest day had a busy to-do list connected to it. Go to the pharmacy for more super cream, get cash, a few odds and ends at the drug store, new shoes for Tom and then a trip to Decathlon (the second pilgrimage all pilgrims make on the Camino to get hiking supplies we neglected to bring from home). Sadly Decathlon was a 2+ mile walk out of the city center. Good thing there was a free bus stop across the street for the return trip.

The errands did give us a great walking tour of the city. After all our chores where done we meet up with Rick, a photographer from Portland, for dinner and then off for a tour of the Burgos cathedral.

Tomorrow it’s back on The Way for about 16 miles and then a stay at an albergue that only has 10 beds with a family style dinner in San Bol.Meer informatie
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Reiziger Your rest days seem very busy. Photos are such a treat.
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Reiziger Great find!
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Reiziger Love the updates. It’s like I’m there without having to do all the hiking!
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