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    • TravelerSpain y el Camino
      1
      Day 31

      Burgos-Hornillos-Castrojeriz-Boadilla

      April 20 in Spain ⋅ 🌬 68 °F

      Whelp, the best made plans never last long, do they? My goal of walking shorter distances fell apart as I left Burgos and trekked onto the meseta. Think of the Great Plains but maybe a bit hillier and arid - that’s what the last few days have been. I hear it gets flatter as we move west. With this in mind, it may not come as a surprise to anyone that towns are smaller with fewer resources and spaced out quite a bit. So, that’s left me walking 12-13 miles the last 3 days with a 15 mile day planned for tomorrow. There’s less physical effort required; I’m finding that the start of the day is the best time to think and pray. Today, I intentionally went slower: I left later than usual, walked slower, took time to watch a bird fly through the air, journaled after a big hill climb, and took breaks when I thought it was time. With that, I think today was one of my favorites so far.

      Sending my main bag ahead by car to the next town has been so helpful. It takes a bit more planning, but now I know there’s always food I can eat, and I don’t have to worry about how much the food weighs. My daypack is light, which helps make the walk more enjoyable.

      A big issue today remains my feet. I’m pretty sure I’ve developed some plantar fasciitis in both feet- heel pain isn’t pad, but the arch pain is pretty bothersome. I’m doing what I can to work on it, but obviously would appreciate prayers as well. I’m enjoying the meseta and would like to continue walking it for as long as I can.

      The other main thing I’m struggling with is sleep. My body refuses to fall asleep before 11 or midnight, then I wake up countless times before getting up at 6 or 6:30. For now, I’m trying to focus on a phone-free evening wind down. Tonight I’m sleeping in a room with 30 of my new best friends, so we’ll see how it goes. So prayers for sleep would be great too!

      (Side note: I’ve decided that the main smell of albergue dormitories is stinky feet mixed with damp towels, stale clothes, and sweaty bodies 🤢 pretty sure I won’t ever miss that smell!)      Read more

    • MikkaTo the End of the World
      Day 13

      Late start from Boadilla

      July 29, 2022 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 13 °C

      It’s almost 6:30 and I am not on the road yet. The bed was comfy and the dreams oh so sweet.

      I was in fact woken up by the clattering of storks on the church nearby, a welcome change from pilgrims packing, and decided to skip coffee until Fromista, about six kilometers down the road.Read more

    • MikkaTo the End of the World
      Day 12

      RIP Camino Ninja

      July 28, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

      A sad update, one I never wanted to write. On this Camino and others, I’ve used and use Camino Ninja, an amazing app that shows me just the things I need and nothing else. It is the brain child of founder and sole programmer Andy Max Jensen, who walked over 20k Camino miles to map the roads and feed them into his app.

      Camino Ninja is free. And the best of the bunch.

      Today word reaches me, that Andy, aka Camino Ninja, has died after collapsing on the Camino, a mere handful of miles ahead of me. He was 49. Andy was the Pilgrim’s Pilgrim. He was, in person, in email, on Instagram, and as a coder, always there for everyone. He walked with pilgrims to hear their stories, stories that strongly influenced how he worked on his websites and app.

      Tonight I’ll raise my glass in his honor. May he forever feel the soft ground of an eternal Camino under his feet.      Read more

    • TravelerWalking the Camino
      Day 14

      Boadilla

      July 14, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 99 °F

      Photos: 5am start time- selfie with the moon; Boots lined up outside of the albergue; Ancient churches seen in every town we cross; skull and crossbones on the side of a church- no Moors in perpetuity; landscape at the top of a steep grade; another house built into the side of a hill; another cross in the middle of nowhere.
      Communication on the Camino: a French woman mining a headache and vomiting lying on the bed across from me🤮; an Italian man, not able to speak the English conversation around the table, smiled and served each one of us paella and wine; in the cities, a honking car is a positive sign on the camino. It is usually followed by a waving hand, pointing the correct way, opposite of the direction we are traveling. We have never been more than a block off of our path before being redirected by the locals; finger shaking, then "no mijas" then pointing across the street; another Italian man with little English directing another Pilgrim with a question to Marjory and me, referring to us as "The Teachers; listening to two men arguing in Italian about whether DaVinci painted the Mona Lisa in France or Italy; listening to two German men discuss different types of beer, including one variety that is meat flavored, and that it should be served at room temperature; a young Brazilian woman aptly describing the hunched over limping gait seen by people after a long trek as the "Pilgrim walk"; our friends from Korea yelling across the street excitedly waving both hands with big smiles; a woman from the states yelling "Hey Peace Corps",noticing the patch on my pack. She had been stationed in Georgia before being evacuated. We all seem to find a way to communicate!      Read more

    • Azores and Camino 2023
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      Day 27

      Boadilla del Camino

      September 14, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C

      Kolejny dobry dzień. Ruszyliśmy po dobrej jajecznicy na hiszpańskim boczku, pełni energii , wyjątkowo wcześnie, bo o 8 rano należało opuścić albergue. Dzisiaj cały dzień czekała nas meseta, ale aby tak do końca nie zapomnieć o górach, dostaliśmy jedną 12% nachylenie przez 1 km i zejście przez 2 km ze spadkiem 16%. To tak generalnie aby nie zapomnieć, że są góry i jeszcze będą.
      Ludzie albo mają obrzydzenie do mesety albo ja kochają. Myślę , że Kasia i ja należymy do tych co uwielbiają mesete. Spacerując przez mesete, myśli nie mogą się na niczym zatrzymać, tak że zaczynają wędrować po swojemu i nic ich nie zatrzymuje.
      W połowie drogi był bar z pięknymi napojami i później znowu nic.
      W mieście, w którym jesteśmy jest jeden kościół, a na placu przed kościołem jest kolumna, do której w zamierzchłych czasach, przywiązywano podejrzanych o przestępstwa i dokonywano przesłuchań. W większości wszyscy się przyznawali do wszystkiego, bo używano przekonywujących działań zwanych powszechnie torturami. Potem zwykle kończyło się to spaleniem na stosie bo wszyscy okazywali się winni po przesłuchaniu.
      Dzień zakończył się wspaniałym obiadem, w którym uczestniczyli pielgrzymi spędzający noc w albergue., w tym 20 osobowa grupa z Brazylii. Na szczęście nikt z obecnych nie okazał się przestępcą.      Read more

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    • Camino Sisters 2023
      1
      Day 20

      The Long and Windy Road...

      September 18, 2023 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 16 °C

      Hontanas to Boadilla del Camino
      Day 17- 29kms

      Another big day on the track. Two 30ish kms days in a row is hard work!. Had a decent hill/ mountain to climb today, but again amazing reaching the top. 😊
      We are currently in an area called " the Mesta " known for its long windy roads, through barren land, no shelter from sun or storms, and a long way between stops. Many choose to skip this part, but we were very pleased we did not today. I know we have talked of the many amazing views, but again today, next level!🌄
      We enjoyed the walk today, the last 5 kms of a big walk is always a challenge... you are weary and your pack feels heavier...😩
      What a fantastic afternoon/night though once we arrived! Had a fun afternoon playing cards with some Aussie friends ( King and Arse!) And then the biggest pilgrim's get together meal so far, spectator! it was awesome fun!!!
      We will sleep well tonight!!!🍷🍷🥳🥳👯‍♀️😴😴      Read more

    • TravelerCamino Frances
      Day 16

      Cold morning

      August 15, 2022 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 11 °C

      After 5 h of sleep I started at 5.30 am! It’s cold and very dark outside- the only companions are a few bats 🦇 and Melissa Etheridge „cone to my window. After a while I passed a guy with a headlight and since then I see him following me like a shadow! Somehow I liked it better to follow his light! In the darkness I need to be very careful, not to hurt my feet! Listened a bit to Hape Kerkeling and thought about my mirror- there was this German woman from Würzburg who constantly complained about everything- I know I can be line that, too! Horrible-I will try to stop being like that in the future!Read more

    • TravelerQuer durch Spanien
      Day 15

      Etappe 14: Castellanos nach Bornilla del

      October 2, 2022 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 18 °C

      Heute startete ich meinen Step um 7.00 Uhr.
      Es standen erneut 30 Kilometer an.
      Bei Dunkelheit lief ich los und keine anderen Pilger weit und breit zu sehen, traumhaft.
      Nach etwa zwei Kilometer kam der erste Ort, dort nahm ich mein Frühstück ein.
      Danach führte uns der Camino weiter, in die gnadenlose Meseta.
      Die Temperatur stieg auf über 30 Grad und die Sonne brannte.
      Nach ein paar Kilometer kam ein kleiner Hügel, den vielen Pilgern an den Anschlag brachten.
      Von dem Hügel aus, hatten wir eine wunderschöne Aussicht, aber viel sah man nicht, nur Getreidefelder und hunderte Windmühlen.
      Nach etlichen Kilometern konnten wir unsere Zielortschaft sehen.
      Mit letzter Kraft, kämpften wir uns zur Albergue Juntos.
      Nach einem sehr guten Abendessen, fiel ich müde ins Bett.      Read more

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    • Barb and AlanSpain 2023
      1
      12
      Day 20

      To Boadilla del Camino

      September 19, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F

      September 19

      Our walk from Hontanas to Boadilla del Camino tired us out! 18.5 miles and the last two miles were an eternity!!

      We had early morning dark walking, foggy walking, big climbing over Alto de Mostelares, and never ending gravel road walking.

      We arrived too late for lunch, and had to wait until 7:00 for dinner…we were so hungry!! I did eat a melted KitKat around 4:30 to take the edge off. 😂

      Dinner was wonderful with around 50 pilgrims at different large tables. While we ate we had a chance to visit with Zabina and Gertrude (Germany), Chris (New Zealand) and Megumi (Japan).

      Tomorrow, we are walking to Carrión de los Condes.      Read more

    • Julie RosenthalCamino Frances 2023
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      Day 22 - Hontanas to Boadilla - 32km

      September 20, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C

      32kms ... done and done!

      Last night, I stayed out and watched the sunset from my albergue. It was nice because I quite often don’t get that chance. Then it was off to bed. I was up at 6:30 and then out the door just after 7:00am. By the time I got to the trail, I didn’t really need my headlamp anymore.

      I stopped in Hontanas to grab a sandwich and a coke for the road. It was a cute little town. When I passed by a bar I immediately recognized it, I thought, I sat right here. Most of my memories from 2009 are because I have photos and journal, but there is a rare time I will pass something and know that I saw this before, even without the physical evidence.

      The day was quite steady. I kept to my routine and rule of stopping around every 5km and I think it really helped. By the end of the day, my feet and muscles were tired, but not extremely tired. I think I could have gone further if needed.

      For the last 8km, I needed to pull out my music to keep me going, mostly because there was wind and I had a strange squeaking in my backpack (it was the plastic bags, this is the first time, so tomorrow I will take a closer look at that)

      When I got to the albergue, I got a great warm welcome from Eduardo. When I came in, he was on the phone and there was a line up to check in and he immediately pointed to me and I pointed back. At one point, there were ladies behind me, and he told them to come forward (as he knew they were a fast check-in) and he said “that is just Julie from Canada”. When it came my turn, he came out from behind the desk and gave me a big hug. It was wonderful. I felt very special. He also gave me a wonderful bed in a dorm with only single beds. I am sure he saved it for me. Any other place, arriving so late (I arrived around 5pm), I would have most definitely had a top bunk somewhere.

      Dinner was very good, two soups (vegetable and white bean), salad, beef stew, and an ice cream bar for desert.

      I am exhausted now, so I won’t be posting online today at all. Tomorrow I have a room on my own, so hopefully I will get caught up then.

      TTYL

      Throwback to 2009 from Julie’s Journal

      I showered, washed my clothes, then went out for a little walk and then a drink with another German named Martin. I had a couple glasses of white wine. Joerg was a little silent, I suspect he was a little jealous. I hope someday he will realize that there is no one better than him for me!!      Read more

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