Camino de Santiago

março - julho 2018

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- 26 de mar. de 2018, 21:18
- 🌧 46 °F
- Altitude: 49 pés
- Estados Unidos Washington Grays Harbor County Montesano 46.982824, -123.60319446°58’58” N 123°36’11” W
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Our Camino de Santiago Plan
26 de março de 2018, Estados Unidos ⋅ 🌧 46 °F
Right now, we haven't left home, but in a couple of months my dream of someday doing the Camino de Santiago will come true. On June 17th, Alan and I will fly to Paris, catch a flight to Biarritz, France, and then make our way to Saint Jean Pied de Port, France by train to begin our trek.

We are hiking the Camino Frances, which is one of the many ancient Camino de Sanitago pilgrim routes that stretch across Europe ending at the tomb of St. James in Santiago de Compostela in north-west Spain - 500 miles.

I have been obsessing over this trip, which is crazy, because I shouldn't be. I am used to planning a trip's every detail, but for this I'm suppose to just let it go, walk until we are tired, find an albergue, eat, sleep, and do it all again...kind of resetting life back to the basics. I'm willing to do it, though. I crave simple.

This map shows our route and some of the villages, towns, and cities we will walk through.Leia mais
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Wonderful!! Now worry wart Mom will know right where you are!!
27/03/2018Responder
Viajante Wow! You sound like me!! We obsessed and researched and planned and replanned... do as much as you can, but from my standpoint of being here, there is nothing you can do that would totally prep you for this adventure (we were told that as well- just do the best you can and let the rest happen! 😊)...
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Viajante Looking forward to following ur trip!!!
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- 10 de jun. de 2018, 21:03
- ⛅ 50 °F
- Altitude: 43 pés
- Estados Unidos Washington Grays Harbor County Montesano 46.981598, -123.59424646°58’54” N 123°35’39” W
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Almost Ready
10 de junho de 2018, Estados Unidos ⋅ ⛅ 50 °F
I think, after way too much thinking, I have my Camino stuff ready to pack...If I forgot or need something, I can just buy it when we get there. My pack only weighs 9 pounds with everything in it, and that makes me happy, happy, happy! 😀 Countdown is really on now.Leia mais
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Viajante Barb you remembered the most important thing the WSU flag!!!!! Lol
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Viajante Nice!!! When do u leave?
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Barb and Alan We fly out Sunday 🙂
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- 18 de jun. de 2018, 21:57
- 🌙 68 °F
- Altitude: 331 pés
- França Île-de-France Épiais-lès-Louvres Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 1 Railway Station 49.009545, 2.55683249°0’34” N 2°33’25” E
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Day #1 Seattle to Paris
18 de junho de 2018, França ⋅ 🌙 68 °F
We have had a VERY long day traveling from Seattle to Paris. Staying tonight at a Citizen M hotel next to CDG airport...very cool hotel! We had a very short layover in Iceland, and Alan was tempted to snag some beer there, but refrained until we return there at the end of July. I will try and do some video on this trip...added a short one here, but will post a longer video to my Facebook also. It was too long for this app. We fly to Biarritz/Bayonne tomorrow and then a shuttle to Saint Jean Pied de Port. Time to sleep 💤 now 🛏🙂Leia mais
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Viajante Love the updates!
18/06/2018Responder
Viajante So excited!
18/06/2018Responder
Viajante So Happy for you guys. Hope Alan has better luck than his Dad growing a beard.🤠
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- 19 de jun. de 2018, 18:44
- ⛅ 75 °F
- Altitude: 636 pés
- França Nouvelle-Aquitaine Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port 43.163262, -1.23589943°9’48” N 1°14’9” W
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Finally to Saint Jean Pied de Port
19 de junho de 2018, França ⋅ ⛅ 75 °F
Today, we traveled from Paris to Biarritz France where we caught a shuttle (with 6 other pilgrims) to Saint Jean. All of the other pilgrims were from the US except one from Ireland...very nice people, who I’m sure we will see again. One girl had a water bottle with the word Elma on it - haha!

It was surreal to finally be in this town that I have read about and seen pictures/video of. It is truly real, now, that we will begin this journey. I am grateful we decided to have a rest day tomorrow so we can get caught up on sleep and recover from our jet lag. We plan on doing some exploring of the town, getting our pilgrim passports stamped, and definitely eating some sorbet down the street. The weather is warm and muggy, but very pleasant. I might not like it so much as I start hiking up the Pyrenees 😂 I will be sweat ball!!!

I put a few pics and short video snippets from today on here, and I have a longer video I will put on Facebook. Time for some sleep...Alan is already zonked.Leia mais
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Viajante I feel like I'm right there with you but I will let your feet do the walking
19/06/2018Responder
Viajante I am so excited that I am giddy!
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Viajante Your way awaits.
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Viajante Ahh!!! Brings back memories!!! I am so excited to relive r adventure thru ur journey!!!
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- 20 de jun. de 2018, 15:56
- ⛅ 84 °F
- Altitude: 594 pés
- França Nouvelle-Aquitaine Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port 43.163246, -1.23623943°9’48” N 1°14’10” W
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Exploring Saint Jean Pied de Port
20 de junho de 2018, França ⋅ ⛅ 84 °F
We had a rest day as we explored Saint Jean and learned some of it’s history. We climbed up to the Citadel to take in views of the town below, walked long the fortified walls, and weaved our way along the narrow streets of this medieval town. At one point we found ourselves in a shop just full of spices...bags and bags! We are in awe with how old everything is!

It was a hot day today, getting up to a very humid 88 degrees. Tomorrow is supposed to be a tad bit cooler as we head out to begin our hike...thank goodness!

We have already met some of the nicest people. A couple from Australia spent some time with us after they had just finished the le Puy Route through France, and a couple from Virginia is going to join us at the Pilgrims’ Mass tonight in the 13th century church, Notre-Dame-du-Bout-du-Pont. We spent some quiet time sitting in there earlier today.Leia mais
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Viajante WOW didn't realize it would be so hot!! Water..water..water🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️
20/06/2018Responder
Barb and Alan We have been drinking a ton of water 🙂
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Viajante Enjoy the adventure!!
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- 21 de jun. de 2018, 10:11
- ⛅ 66 °F
- Altitude: 2.641 pés
- França Nouvelle-Aquitaine Arnéguy Bois d’Orisson 43.108905, -1.23929243°6’32” N 1°14’21” W
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Orisson
21 de junho de 2018, França ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
We began our hike out of Saint Jean this morning and immediately began to climb steeply up a narrow road. It was very foggy as we climbed, AND SO MUGGY!! I probably could have filled my water bottle with how much sweat rolled off my face and body 😂.

Orisson is a lovely place with gracious hosts. Bonus for us when we were given a room with just two beds, so still haven’t had to experience the bunk beds with numerous people, yet. That will be tomorrow in Roncesvalles.

We walked a bit with some German women, and I was able to use a tiny bit of German that was somewhere tucked in the back of my brain. 😂 Then we caught up to Richard (who we met on our shuttle ride the other day). He is from California. In the common eating room there were so many people from different countries... German, Swiss, Dutch, Astonian, Italian, Russian, Brazilian, French, Canadian, and American...all with different and moving reasons for doing the Camino.

I will try and put a video on Facebook with some footage I took today.Leia mais
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Viajante Looks like a nice place, nice setup and a lot of friendly folks.
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Viajante Lovely!!!!
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IS THAT PIC OF A FOXGLOVE?
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- 23 de jun. de 2018, 03:44
- 🌙 52 °F
- Altitude: 3.150 pés
- Espanha Navarra Auritz/Burguete Orreaga 43.01019, -1.31926243°0’37” N 1°19’9” W
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Roncesvalles
23 de junho de 2018, Espanha ⋅ 🌙 52 °F
Note: My posts are late because of WiFi issues, so it will be probably hard to stay on top of each day. I will do my best. Maybe when we get to Pamplona, it will be better.

We had a foggy, mystical trek over the Pyrenees on our way to Roncesvalles. No views because of the fog, but it gave the hike a mysterious feeling...we never really knew what was coming next until we were close to it.

My favorite parts were hearing the bells of the sheep 🐑 and the horses well before we would actually see them. Another, was coming across a van selling bananas, hot chocolate and homemade cheese after we had been climbing for awhile.

The crossing into Spain was SO not like coming into the USA from another country. No border guards peppering is with questions...we just crossed over a cattle guard on the trail and we went from France to Spain 🙂

Towards the end of our hike, we descended a steep path (that was a bit brutal on my knees) and were met with the view of Roncesvalles. Wow! The monastery was a beautiful place to stay. We had a pilgrim’s meal at a restaurant nearby, and then we survived our first bunk beds, as we shared a cubicle with a couple who were from Sweden and Iran,

Tomorrow we hope to go 16 miles to Larrasoaña. We are leaving early so we can stop a few times along the way.Leia mais
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Viajante Beautiful
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Viajante I find myself looking forward to ur posts everyday- LOVE them!! Thank u!!👍.. we r at the point of missing our walks everyday and wanting to go back 😊
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Viajante 😁
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- 23 de jun. de 2018, 21:50
- 🌙 66 °F
- Altitude: 1.670 pés
- Espanha Navarra Esteribar Larrasoaña 42.903415, -1.53829642°54’12” N 1°32’18” W
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Roncesvalles to Larrasoaña
23 de junho de 2018, Espanha ⋅ 🌙 66 °F
We hiked from Roncesvalles to Larrasoaña today - around 17 miles. We were a tad bit tuckered this afternoon at the end because we definitely did not eat enough along the way, and plan to do better tomorrow.

We are staying at the Albergue San Nicolas which has been very nice! I have a top bunk again- maybe, by the time this journey ends, I will master the getting up and getting down. As it is now, I’m sure there are people on the Camino who will tell stories of the woman from WA USA who cannot seem to do it gracefully 😂

Our hosts served a scrumptious meal for dinner tonight - minestrone soup, pasta salad, pork, and red peppers with garlic and olive oil. Plenty of red wine 🍷 and cheesecake for dessert. Earlier, for lunch, Alan and I shared some paella 🥘. Alan was in heaven! The owner of the bar gave us samples of his friend’s wine and refused to let us pay for it. Very relaxing place with Nora Jones music 🎶 playing in the background. Tomorrow, we go to Pamplona.Leia mais
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Viajante Be sure to have Basque Cake! Viva de revolution...the Basque are quite the rebels and the food is delicious.
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Viajante Look like you are enjoying it🍺
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- 24 de jun. de 2018, 21:27
- ☀️ 73 °F
- Altitude: 1.480 pés
- Espanha Navarra Pamplona Plaza del la Compania 42.818892, -1.64202942°49’8” N 1°38’31” W
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Pamplona
24 de junho de 2018, Espanha ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F
Pamplona...WOW! We arrived into the old city around noon today just as our albergue was opening. We are staying at de Jesús y María, and I’m residing on the top bunk again (I think I am getting better at it 🙂). Our albergue is in the old town, so it was easy to spend the afternoon/evening exploring the streets and plazas. I think a person could spend days winding around the narrow streets, nooks and crannies of this city.

What was amazing to us was how many people we ran into that we had already met earlier on this journey...Noel, David, Helene, Ariel, Nadia and her husband, etc. Our Camino family seems to be forming.

Alan couldn’t get enough of the octopus tapas here, whereas I was thrilled to find out that KitKats here are just like the ones in Canada...WAY better chocolate 🍫!

We have found the local people to be so kind everywhere, and two times today we had people show us the way to go when they saw us struggling.

Tomorrow, we head to Puenta la Reina...about 14 miles. No blisters, yet, knock on wood...just tired legs and shoulders.Leia mais
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Viajante Si beautiful!!! Thanks so much for sharing your wonderful trip❤️😊
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Barb and Alan You’re welcome, Brenda. I hope you are recovering well from your surgery 🙂💕
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Loving those balconies.
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- 25 de jun. de 2018, 21:25
- ☀️ 77 °F
- Altitude: 1.175 pés
- Espanha Navarra Puente la Reina 42.676472, -1.80635842°40’35” N 1°48’23” W
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Puenta la Reina
25 de junho de 2018, Espanha ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F
We were up and walking out of Pamplona by 6:00 am this morning to try and beat the heat, and really enjoyed our hike up to Alto del Perdon - the pilgrims monument. I have to say we did not really enjoy the decent on the rocks. It took such concentration to not slide or twist an ankle, and my knees and ankles are very tired tonight from it.

The heat came on strong today, and we were suffering a bit (maybe a lot) by the time we walked into our albergue in Puenta la Reina.

I got a bottom bunk tonight!!! Woohoo! Hallelujah! 😁 Our place had a wonderful outdoor bar with tables and chairs in the shade with a great big tv to watch World Cup soccer.

I have been craving salad 🥗 and was excited to be able to have that tonight as part of the dinner buffet that was served. It was all fantastic, as was the self serve wine 🍷 👍🏻

Highlights from today, besides the dinner and wine 🙂:
1. walking through Pamplona city streets before anyone was up and about
2. The fresh squeezed orange juice
3. Walking with Ariel and Noel (I need to get some pics of all of these wonderful people)
4. Visiting with Anja (from Holland) this afternoon and evening
5. watching the two young men from Louisiana ( who are studying to be priests someday) try to get ready for bed after having too much wine...Hilarious!
6. Finally...Spain was able to tie Morocco in their World Cup game at the very end, so people here are very happy 😊

Tomorrow we continue on to Estella.Leia mais
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Viajante Beautiful pictures!!! 💕
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