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    • TravelerCompostelle 2023
      112
      Day 26

      La croix de la forme!

      May 14, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C

      Chemin de Compostelle 19/40
      Étape #12. Camino francés" Atapuerca à Burgos. Kilomètres parcourus: 22 km. Cumulatif : 517,3 km, 25,9 km de moyenne par jour. Étapes restantes avant Saint-Jacques de Compostelle : 20.

      Aujourd’hui nous avons surpassé les kilomètres effectués en 2017 (Camino de la Norte). Nous avions fait 480,5 km et aujourd’hui avec le même nombre de journées (18) : 482,3 km, 6 ans plus tard.

      Pour notre aventure, nous avons établi que nous aurions 4 stades du défi Compostelle.

      Les voici:
      1- Souffrances et adaptations
      (Secteur des Pyrénées, montées de 1 240 mètres)

      2-Réussite et et mise en forme
      (Après 18 jours, résistance dans les montées exigeantes).

      3-Endurance physique et mentale
      (Les étapes 13 à 19 Meseta centrale, 200 km pendant 7 jours).

      4- Sommet et accomplissements
      (Arrivée à Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle).

      Nous sommes arrivés au 3e stade du défi. Pas par pas, toujours devant !

      Une excellente journée pour ma part, j’étais en feu et dangereusement en forme. On a eu une montée de 1,5 kilomètres pour atteindre 1 077 mètres d’altitude et nous avons attaqué cette épreuve sans s’arrêter, atteignant notre second souffle, super sensation.

      Au sommet, nous avons pris une photo. Merci aux 3 américains du Washington DC pour la prise de photo.

      Puis nous sommes arrivé à Burgos ; 173 000 habitants. Quelle belle ville, la plus belle que j’ai vue à ce jour. En plus c’est : “Fiesta de las Flores “ le festival des fleurs. Il y a beaucoup de monde dans les rues. Marcello a mentionné dans son journal aujourd’hui que les Espagnols multipliaient les “Buen Camino” dans le parc de Burgos, c’est tout à fait vrai. Ils ont un respect des pèlerins c’est remarquable de voir ça.

      Demain c’est congé de marche avant d’entreprendre “L aMeseta Centrale”. Étape de 200 km en 7 jours consécutifs.

      Buen Camino 🤗      Read more

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    • WanderklebchenJakobsweg, Part 2
      17
      Day 26

      25. Etappe: Atapuerca (22,4 km)

      November 21, 2022 in Spain ⋅ 🌧 9 °C

      Puuuhhh! Der Blick aus dem Fenster verriet heut morgen nix Gutes ... Sturm + Regen ... keine gute Kombi für einen Pilgertag. So richtig trauten wir uns auch alle nicht raus. Ich habs aber trotzdem wieder geschafft als Letzte zu starten 😅
      Praktisch, dass die Albergue auch ne Bar ist und das Frühstück somit nicht erst gejagt werden musste.
      Gegen 9 wagte ich mich dann raus. Zum Glück lag viel Wald auf dem Weg, der ein wenig schützte 😊
      Und nach gut der Hälfte des Weges sah ich einen bekannten Poncho vor mir mit dem Sturm kämpfen - Elisabeth! Wir gingen die letzten km zu meinem Stopp noch zusammen, sie wollte aber noch ein wenig weiter gehen. Das heutige Hostal La Plazuela Verde ist sehr gemütlich eingerichtet, mit viel Holz und einige Betten haben sogar eine kleine Gardine für etwas Privatsphäre. Fast alle Pilger vom letzten Stopp sehe ich hier wieder! Und sogar Nathalie darf mit Roxy bei uns übernachten 🐶🥰      Read more

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    • TravelerCamino 2023
      21
      Day 19

      Atapuerca

      September 6, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C

      Our accommodation is very different from anything we have experienced so far.
      Went to the archeological dig this evening. Every interesting to see where they are digging but sadly wasn't able to understand the commentary, as it was in Spain. But we will go to the museum in Burgos and get a better understanding of what it is all about.Read more

    • Camino de Santiago (Frances)
      111
      Day 24

      Day 16 - Atapuerca

      September 20, 2023 in Spain ⋅ 🌬 72 °F

      Had a very pleasant walk today, started to a beautiful sunrise in Villafranca before we left. The walk was a 7.5 mile to start, we went 8.5 before stopping for a cafe Co leche and a cerveza (OK maybe two). We then made our way to our stopping point for the day, total of 12 miles today. One more day to Burgos, and a day off, yeah.
      No video update today, sorry.      Read more

    • Camino de Santiago (Frances)
      1111
      Day 24

      Day 16-Atapuerca

      September 20, 2023 in Spain ⋅ 🌬 73 °F

      We must have our Camino legs now because today's 12 miles went by really fast. After our breakfast buffet this morning, we headed out just before sunrise. We started with about a two mile ascent which then leveled off for most of the day. The ladscape was beautiful.

      There are about eight of us walking the same distances so it's been nice passing each other and then meeting in town again.

      We stopped for coffee in San Juan de Ortega before heading to Agés. We were hoping to have lunch in Agés but the burger place we'd heard about wasn't open yet so we kept going to our final destination of Atapuerca.

      Our host told us about a fine dining restaurant (Comosapiens) that is only open until 3:30pm during the week so we went there and had a very nice three-course lunch.

      The exciting news of the day is that our place has a washing machine! We washed every stitch of clothing we have (both sets, haha) and luckily it's sunny and windy so everything has dried quickly.

      Tomorrow we walk to Burgos and then we'll have a rest day.      Read more

    • TravelerCamino 2023
      131211
      Day 13

      Burgos ! Burgos ! Burgos !

      April 22, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 45 °F

      Today was a short, slow day that was along the highway most of the day :( but in other news, Burgos is a really cool city that reminds me so much of Madrid (which I already miss so much 💕💕💕) I wish I could stay here and explore more so I’ll definitely have to come back !Read more

    • Julie RosenthalCamino Frances 2023
      1
      211

      Day 18 - Villafranca Montes to Atapuerca

      September 16, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C

      Well, what a difference a day makes. Yesterday I was bragging about my great bed in the albergue but it turns out, it was one of my worst nights. I had someone wake me up twice by touching my feet, I am sure because of my snoring.

      The first time was around 10pm. I had just fallen asleep. The lights were just turned out, so I could only see the body walking away but I couldn’t see who it was. So I felt bad and didn’t go back to sleep until 1am. I was out reading stuff on my phone when I decided I better go to sleep. So I go back to bed and at 1:30am, again, someone touched my feet to wake me up, again, I only saw a shadow but I said out loud, “Don’t touch me”. I have a feeling they were surprised that I saw them or knew I was touched. I decided to change direction in my bed and put my head where my feet were so that they would have to walk around me to touch any part of my body or touch my head (where I could react faster) They didn’t do it again, that I know of.

      It was during the time that I was stewing in anger that I decided I am going to get private rooms instead of albergues. Really, everyone knows people snore (and I was definitely not the only one in the room snoring), so they should come prepared with ear plugs if they need them. I started to do the math, and quite often a private room is around $35-$40 euros. I pay $10-15 for the bunk bed, so really, in the scheme of things, it really isn’t much more money, and worth the piece of mind and comfort.

      So I am settled in a private room in a pension. I have my own bathroom, I can come and go as I please and have quiet and privacy. The downside is I really am going to need to try and book ahead. I will stay in another albergue I am sure, when it is the only option, or the hotel is too expensive, but I will try to book private from now on.

      The walk today was good. I did 18kms and feel pretty good. I get some strange aches, one in my right big toe, and the other in my left thigh, but if I take my break around each 5km mark, then they don’t bother me. Today I didn’t take a break until 6km so I suffered a little for a kilometre or two.

      Tomorrow I head into Burgos. I already have booked a hotel there, the same one that Joerg and I stayed at when we were there. I am looking forward to that.

      TTYL      Read more

    • TravelerAdventure on Camino Francis
      1112
      Day 23

      Atapuerca

      September 22, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

      Day 20 - Atapuerca is the site of several limestone caves that contain the earliest evidence of humans in western Europe—fragments of a jawbone and teeth date to over a million years ago.
      I left Villafranca early-ish and my knees were feeling great. I was able to climb up through the thick Oak and Pine forests at a quick pace. Passed through a few beautiful towns and reached Atapuerca in the early afternoon. I bumped into a few pilgrims and spent a pleasant afternoon drinking red wine and eating olives - outside a ‘cantina’. Sitting there under the trees, I felt as though I was in a scene from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - remember when they are in Bolivia? There was nothing else to do. I had no wifi - I haven’t mentioned it, but I’ve had cell phone issues - apparently although I have enough data leftover (140gig), I am out of roaming on my French SIM. So for the last 5 days have had to rely on wifi. I’ll get a Spanish SIM in Burgos.
      Tomorrow - on to Burgos!!      Read more

    • TravelerCal’s Camino Adventures
      2
      Day 14

      Day 14

      September 6, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C

      Today started off with a nose bleed.. not ideal, but definitely preferable to it happening once I’d got going.
      Breakfast, I have to admit was a little bit disappointing this morning, or maybe I’m just becoming a bit fussy 😬 the orange juice was amazing, but the toast, a couple of bits of toasted baguette was so unbelievably hard that I couldn’t cut it and was terrified i might break a tooth.. that is my biggest fear of happening away from home 😱
      Breakfast challenge accomplished and nosebleed stemmed, it was once again time for the off!!!
      The first 4 or 5km were fab, with an amazing sunrise, which is always behind me and I often miss!
      After that though, it was a really boring walk, the majority of which was alongside the main road, with none of the fabulous scenery I’ve come to expect.
      Due to this, it was actually a much quicker walk over the distance today and I arrived in Burgos relatively early..due to my struggles at breakfast, first stop was a cup of coffee and a bite to eat. This accomplished, I set off for a wander around for a couple of hours.
      The weather today was decidedly chillier, probably due to it being pretty cloudy and windy, I didn’t get warm enough to take my long sleeve top off, and so had to put my coat on too whilst wandering.
      Then the inevitable happened.. beer time!!! Only one little one today as they didn’t have my 2% daytime option 😬
      Before settling off wandering, I had checked out where I was staying, so that i knew where to end up when I was done..
      Time to go check in.. I could feel the desire for a “Nana nap” coming on…. An hour and a half later..,,😳..must have been due to the church bells ringing every hour throughout the night ( I woke up every hour!!! ) .. well that’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it!
      Opening up my bag to find a leakage from my shampoo wasn’t ideal, but, anything that can leak is in a ziplock bag.. ( I’ve even brought spares! ) so crisis avoided!
      Some things I learned today… if you’ve already packed up and forgotten to put your glide stuff on your rubbed heel, toes etc., then lipsol will do the trick.. just make sure you keep that one as emergency foot glide and have a fresh one for your lips!! ( fortunately I have loads of them! )
      Hairdryers in the hotel ( yep! It’s a posh stop tonight ) are fab for drying your socks and removing the creases from your cardi..,
      Let’s go see if the posh hotel will have vegetable with dinner!!!      Read more

    • TravelerCal’s Camino Adventures
      1
      11
      Day 13

      Day 13

      September 5, 2022 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 20 °C

      Day 13, but day 12 actually walking… with it being a slightly longer section today, and because breakfast was at a different location ( can’t not have breakfast now that I’ve discovered it 😂 ) I left my accommodation a bit earlier than usual… I also had to find my way back on to the trail from breakfast 😬..
      So, setting off walking soon after 7.30 ( it’s pretty dark until then anyway ) it was absolutely freezing, my hands were so cold and I felt as though I had an ear infection 😱🥶.. I really should have stopped and put more layers on, but was convinced it would soon be really warm and so I should just walk a bit quicker to start with 😂
      About an hour later it was really pleasant, the sun had come up and my layers came off..
      Although it was quite a long one today, I preferred it to the last couple of days as there was a good bit of uphill and it was back into the trees and plantations for parts of it…. Going along one of the fire tracks there was a pop up stall selling drinks, snacks etc., and it was blasting out “ highway to hell” it did look a bit like that and made me chuckle. The downside being I had the song stuck in my head for the next hour!!!
      I passed a lot of my regular’s, a Polish guy I pass each day said today that he was fast, but I was faster, and the only person who ever overtook him.. it’s not a competition though!!!!
      Once again, must be the fourth or fifth time now, I was asked if I was from Sicily, and if it was the Sicilian flag on my rucksack! Time to check out the Sicilian flag! Wow.. who knew it was so similar to ours? I certainly didn’t!!
      At about 26 km I was just thinking about how some of the towns you go through have fantastic signs and directions, where as others you really have to concentrate, as it may just be the odd yellow mark on a curb stone or bin.. unfortunately, this brought to mind “each peach pear plum” it must beat least 15 years since I last read that to one of the boys… and i spent the next 4 Km trying to work my way through it!!! Maybe it’s time I put my headphones in!!😂😂
      I arrived in Atapuerca earlier than I thought I would, so a pint of my 2% lemon larger ( and a bottle of water ) was definitely on the cards before finding my accommodation..
      The meal tonight was again really nice ( I’m not too sure where my appetite has come from, I’m feeling a bit like Oliver and clearing my plate at most meals 😳 ) the hosts too are are a really lovely couple and the room is great. I’m really tired tonight, probably the food and red wine.. it’s rude not to have a glass, especially when they give me a whole bottle!!!
      Well I’m afraid it’s bedtime for me, I’m shattered, so it’s goodnight from me 😴.      Read more

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