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El Camino de Santiago

julio - agosto 2023
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  • Juan2goViajeroEl Camino de Santiago

    Palas del Rei to Melide

    10 de agosto de 2023, España ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F

    I would say, bring your appetite when you come to Spain. We are eating like never before. From Cardo Gallego, tons of bread with it, delicious pastries, espresso coffee, pulpo, croquetas, patatas, you name it. El Camino gets you hungry. We have met people in El Camino and later see them again and again, at the Albergue or hotel, at the restaurants, etc. Some of those who started from Sarria are continuing to Arzua 17 miles away, however we need to slow the pace and stay in Melide to used it as a recovery day. Melide is known by the Spaniard as the best place to eat squid(pulpo) in Spain.

    However, before eating we need to stop by the pharmacy to get a second knee brace and an ankle brace for Nick. Nick did not have the opportunity to walk and get in some conditioning before making this trip due to the studying requirements for his Bar exams. So, he jumped from book work to walking over 125 miles by the time we get to Santiago de Compostela. So far, we have walked 98.6 miles. We have 52 kilometers to go and there is a lot of walking to go places once we get to our destination.

    Today we met again with the three Italian families, the two guys from Rome, and the other Italian family. At lunch, we met a professor, his wife and two young daughters. They shared the large picnic type table where we stuffed our self on squid, cardo Gallego, chorizo, croquetas, 4 cañas (beers) each and 2 litters of water each. Yes, we were hungry and dehydrated. Then we went for iced cream. We are consuming about 5 to 6. litters of water per day each. Where in the Pyrenees was colder and wet, here in Galicia the weather is a bit warmer and dryer.

    One of the coolest things we did today was to walk through a herd of about 20 cows walking through El Camino in the opposite direction. We stopped first for a second and I said “Hola” to call the farmer's attention... He said “pasen, pasen”.. Some of these cows were quite large and tall (see video). Nick went first with the camera recording the encounter. All I am thinking is about becoming el "matado" and not el matador... NOT Ole for me here... Lol.

    Tonight, we went easy on the food and drank 2 letters of water before bed, and you know what that means. I did sleep soundly in between.. :0    Leer más

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  • Juan2goViajeroEl Camino de Santiago

    Melide to Arzua

    11 de agosto de 2023, España ⋅ ⛅ 79 °F

    Up later than usual this morning had breakfast, visit our friends in the pharmacy again, got some expectorant for my cough and out on the trail we went. This morning, we were going at a moderate pace until we joined a group and started talking and walking at their pace.

    Somehow it seems that in every town, right of the bat you have a hill to climb to get you warmed up. I cannot describe it but in these sections of El Camino you discover the beauty of the Galicia region, and it comes in multiple flavors, the nature, the people, the relaxed state of mind of people from all over the world, the Spanish culture, the food, etc. For now, we are just taking it all in and enjoying the journey.

    Definitely, to do El Camino you most have the courage and the commitment to walk all the way, collecting your stamps on El Camino passport along the way and not getting intimidated by the effort, because it takes an effort to get through it all.    Leer más

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  • Juan2goViajeroEl Camino de Santiago

    Arzua to O’Pedrouzo

    12 de agosto de 2023, España ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F

    Today we walked 12 miles from Azura to O’Pedrouzo. In the last three days we have seen an increase count of people showing their bandages, etc. Tendinitis has been for the most part, the most common complaints and the pharmacy had a brand-new set of large knee braces.

    Today is our 8th day of El Camino de Santiago plus all the walking in between that we did when visiting Pamplona, Leon, and Lugo. So, for the most part we have overcome the initial shock to the body. And of course, prior preparation helped. I would suggest to anyone coming to El Camino to prepare the body for the day after day ponding beforehand.

    Today we saw a family with a wagon with 3 children under 9 years old. At one point mom was breast feeding the younger one maybe 1 year old. You be the judge (see video). So, dad is pulling, and mom is pushing the wagon. I would say, the trail from Sarria to Santiago is easygoing in comparison to the Pyrenees trails, still it has some challenges if you are pushing a wagon. This section of El Camino de Santiago is the most popular of all the Caminos routes.

    We also saw another circling couple where dad pulling the cart behind the bike carrying a child. We used to have one of those when Nick was a toddler. Funny, today he is my companion on this pilgrimage.

    El Camino de Santiago has been in my bucket list for a while now, and since I am not getting any younger, I need to do it sooner than later. There are many reasons you would choose to do El Camino and there will be many things you learn about yourself and life in general in El Camino. You may not be able to solve all the problems of the world, but you learn to understand them and, in some cases, hold on to your convictions and defend them. There is only one YOU in this world, you are who you are from day one, and that cannot be changed.

    As the day goes on, all I can thing is how awesome this journey with my son Nick has been. I am sad that is coming to an end. Tomorrow, we have 11 miles to go, so we are getting up really early to complete our last day of this pilgrimage and walk into the plaza of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela by around 11:30am, refresh and find ourselves a spot on the noon pilgrims' mass along with the many acquaintances we have made along the way. I am anticipating a few mixes of emotions...    Leer más

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  • Juan2goViajeroEl Camino de Santiago

    Santiago de Compostela

    13 de agosto de 2023, España ⋅ ☁️ 77 °F

    We have officially ended our pilgrimage at the Plaza in front of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. It was a bittersweet reaction with a set of mixed emotions for both of us. The plaza was full of pilgrims coming from the multiple Caminos leading to Santiago de Compostela. There we saw a few of the pilgrims/families that we met along the way.

    We connect again with the professor from Toledo and his family which we had shared the dinner table a few days earlier in Melide. The girls wanted to go to Burger king as they were tired of eating squid so many times. 😍 After a well-deserved nap, we attended the 7:30pm pilgrims' mass.

    We went out and had dinner, attended a musical comparsas gathering and listened to a group of Spaniard sing and dance to local songs. At night, the tunnel where we came into the plaza earlier was transformed into a concert hall. There was different style of music being played around the cathedral until the late hours of the morning.

    Next day we walked around town admiring the history of Spanish architecture like the cathedral that was originally built in 1211.

    Yes, we ate a lot too. It doesn’t matter how much you eat here in El Camino, you more likely burn those calories as soon you are out from the restaurant. You will either be going up or down the hill but surely you will be doing both.

    The Cathedral is amazingly beautiful inside and out and that is all I am going to say. I am not going to spoil your future visit. That experience is for each individual to assess. These are holy grounds…

    The experience walking with Nick was very memorable and fun. I hope one day he had the opportunity to share it with his future family (and talk about the hill where I almost kill myself). This is funny now but wasn’t then...

    We have made our final hotel reservations for Madrid and will be flying from Santiago since there are no cars to rent, or train and I rather spent my time walking in Madrid than riding a 9-hour bus. Yes, more walking... So far over 138 miles…    Leer más

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