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Traveler Cal’s Camino Adventures
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- Sep 7, 2022, 8:00am
- ☁️ 10 °C
- Altitude: 867 m
- Spain Castille and León Burgos Río Vena 42.341442, -3.6972742°20’29” N 3°41’50” W
Day 15
Day 15
September 7, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
Well, an update on what I was expecting to be a disappointing meal last night.. WRONG!!! It was seriously fabulous!!
Today didn’t really start off ideally ( though breakfast was good ). I set off and missed my turn off to the route… mmm.. 1 km later…. I’ve gone wrong!!… 2km later, I’m back on track 👍🏼
The route today was way better than I expected, everything I’d read had said, your body is now strong enough to embrace the soul searching of the next few days!!!..this has to have been said by somebody that doesn’t suddenly get “Farmyard Tales “ in their head and a need to remember the names of all the characters and animals involved before they end the day!! I got all except the name of the naughty pony… Joe????
Today’s accommodation is lovely, pretty small and friendly.
Where I was eating this evening started serving earlier..YAY!!!! Off I trott at 6 o’clock…
Tonight I ate with Ben from Singapore and Chloe from Taiwan.. food was good and the company excellent, they were a really lovely couple and we shared an extra bottle of red wine.. Chloe’s decision 🤪.. I felt really guilty that I wasn’t walking further today ( again ) but it is what it is and I’ve just got to go with it now..
My swollen thumb.. who knew you could strain your thumb trying to get shower gel out of the dispenser!! Is still swollen, but a lot less painful, hopefully that means it’s on the mend!
Anyway.. all that red wine later ( and I had lentils and carrots tonight 🤩 ) means I’m ready for bed…😴Read more
Traveler This is Apple Tree Farm. This is Mrs. Boot the Farmer. She has two children called Poppy and Sam, and a dog called Rusty. Was the naughty pony called Dolly?
9/8/22Reply
Traveler Yes!!! Mr Boot got her from Mr Plant.. I seriously have too much thinking time 😂👍🏼
9/8/22Reply
The grumpy goat was my favourite 😂 in that series. Sounds like the red wine (Rioja?) is going down well x [Bridget]
9/10/22Reply
Traveler Absolutely.. Gertie, I seem to remember.. had no idea I liked red wine 🍷😂
9/10/22Reply
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Traveler Camino Frances 2022
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- Sep 11, 2022, 11:58am
- ☀️ 79 °F
- Altitude: 870 m
- Spain Castille and León Burgos Río Vena 42.341461, -3.6943842°20’29” N 3°41’40” W
Santovenia De Oca to Burgos
September 11, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
We made it to Burgos after not much sleep due to the snoring in the albergue and a group that decided to pack up at 5am. So we were on the road early. Walked about an hour under a full Spanish moon until sunrise, and arrived at our hotel just after 12 Noon.

Burgos is lovely, to say the least.

Our little morning troup consisted of one of each of us from Mexico, Germany, Japan, The Dominican Republic and USA.

Long, morning-video-shadows are cool!Read more
Traveler Awesome pics Lance!
9/11/22Reply
Traveler Thanks Everett, it’s hard to do what we see justice.
9/11/22Reply
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9/11/22Reply
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Traveler Camino Frances 2022
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- Sep 21, 2022, 3:14pm
- ☀️ 73 °F
- Altitude: 2,841 ft
- Spain Castille and León Burgos Río Vena 42.341652, -3.6947142°20’30” N 3°41’41” W
Day 17
Burgos 1
September 21, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F
12.5 miles walked.
Today we walked into the city of Burgos. Carol and I got this sweet double room close to downtown. We will be taking the day off tomorrow to rest and play tourist. I'm also going to try to see a fisio and get my knee pain sorted out.Read more
Traveler Anxious to hear how things went and that your knee pain is better! 💜🙏🏼
9/21/22Reply
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Traveler Camino Frances 2022
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- Sep 22, 2022, 9:20pm
- 🌙 63 °F
- Altitude: 2,841 ft
- Spain Castille and León Burgos Río Vena 42.341646, -3.69470942°20’30” N 3°41’41” W
Day 18
Burgos Randomness
September 22, 2022 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 63 °F
Just some random pics walking around Burgos today.
A tree shrub in the shape of a pilgrim.
Knight statue.
Pretty mural.
Yummy gelato.
Churros dripped in chocolate. So good!
St. Stephen church.
Compass rose at a lookout.
Random statue they've been putting up all day today in front of the cathedral. Not sure what that was all about. It looked very cartoony.Read more
Traveler Looks like an enjoyable day!!!
9/22/22Reply
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Traveler Camino Francés
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- Sep 25, 2022
- ⛅ 57 °F
- Altitude: 880 m
- Spain Castille and León Burgos Río Vena 42.343872, -3.69899942°20’38” N 3°41’56” W
Day 16
Day 16: Burgos
September 25, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 57 °F
It was 38 “feels like 35” degrees Fahrenheit when we left Agés before dawn this morning—and I was looking forward to getting a warmer layer of clothing in Burgos. We were thrilled to be on the move, though.

After last night, we’ll be booking smaller 4 to 8 bed bunk rooms or private rooms. There were two people in the dorm who appeared to be quite ill, along with so much loud, frequent coughing from all directions that we both slept wearing K95 masks.

The 23 kilometers to Burgos didn’t fly by as effortlessly as yesterday’s mileage, but we did enjoy some beautiful vistas along the way.

After checking in to our hotel, we set out to find some lunch and were very pleased with a meal we had right around the corner.

Tonight we’ll have dinner with some pilgrims we’d first met at Orisson, and tomorrow we’ll enjoy a rest day here in Burgos.Read more
Traveler I am LOVING your posts and photos! Looks like you're on an amazing journey. I had no idea the scenery was so beautiful! So. impressed with your stamina on long, daily hikes! xoxo
9/25/22Reply
Traveler Thanks, Karen! So glad you’re enjoying the posts :-)
9/25/22Reply
Traveler Stay safe. Just back from Europe and about a quarter of the foljs have tested positive.
9/25/22Reply
Traveler Thanks, Olga. We hope we dodged those germs given we’re symptom-free 36 hours later. Fingers crossed, though!
9/26/22Reply
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Traveler Camino Francés
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- Sep 26, 2022, 4:00pm
- ⛅ 41 °F
- Altitude: 871 m
- Spain Castille and León Burgos Río Vena 42.341681, -3.69861442°20’30” N 3°41’55” W
Day 17
Day 17: Rest day in Burgos
September 26, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 41 °F
It felt ever so luxurious to stay in bed until mid morning today.

We’ve walked about 284 kilometers of the Camino Francés so far, with about 493 kilometers yet to get across by October 17. We’ll be taking a train to Madrid the next day, as we begin our journey home to Florida.

We’ve been concerned we might run out of time to get to Santiago de Compostela, so we decided to rent ebikes to cover 178 kilometers across the meseta from Burgos to León in 3 days—shaving 4 walking days off that stretch.

Tomorrow, we’ll ease into traveling by bike with a 32k ride to Hontanas.Read more
Traveler Smart decision (Pam)
10/8/22Reply
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Traveler Jakobsweg 2022
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- Sep 27, 2022, 5:30am
- 🌙 5 °C
- Altitude: 871 m
- Spain Castille and León Burgos Río Vena 42.341715, -3.69863142°20’30” N 3°41’55” W
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Etappe 12 - Hontanas
September 27, 2022 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 5 °C
Gut ausgeruht geht es heute weiter - entweder bis Hontanas oder nach Castrojeriz.
Mal schauen, was Füße und Geist meinen.
Die Stadt schläft noch - Pilger sind etliche schon auf den Beinen.
Nach ca. 2,5 Stunden gab es eine kleine Rast mit Frühstück in Tardajo.
Weiter ging es durch die
Meseta. Das ist eine Hochebene, in welcher viel Getreide angebaut wird. Bei Beginn der heutigen Pilgertour hatten wir in Burgos nur 6 Grad Celsius - jetzt teilweise Temperaturen um 3 Grad -
eigentlich haben Handschuhe gefehlt!
In Rabé de las Calzadas waren wir Pilger in einer kleinen Kirche am Ortsrand willkommen. Wer die Kirche betrat, bekam nicht nur einen Stempel in seinen Pilgerpass, sondern wurde von einer älteren Dame auf seinen Namen gesegnet und bekam einen kleinen Anhänger um den Hals. Berührende Zeremonie.
Durch die Meseta ging es weiter nach Hornillos del Camino. In einer Bar noch schnelle Rast (Stempel 469 Km nach Santiago). Ca. 10 km weiter stand dann 477 km auf einem Meilenstein. Soviel zu spanischen Kilometerangaben!!!
Nach Hornillos kam ein nicht enden wollender Weg bis Hontanas.
Hontanas ist ein kleiner Ort mit vielen Herbergen. Hier endet in vielen Reiseführern diese Etappe.
Da es mir trotz der Strapazen gut ging, habe ich beschlossen, meine ursprüngliche Reiseplanung bis Castrojeriz fortzusetzen.
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Traveler One More Camino in Spain 2023
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- Apr 29, 2023, 9:04pm
- ⛅ 14 °C
- Altitude: 875 m
- Spain Castille and León Burgos Río Vena 42.337838, -3.69780142°20’16” N 3°41’52” W
Day 33
A day in Burgos
April 29, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Not the day we imagined…we love Burgos and I hadn’t planned to spend the morning in hospital…we persuaded them to discharge me, but I have to say I still feel queasy, which is upsetting as I can’t face the beautiful food on offer. I also couldn’t face another lonely night in the hospital…once in the ward, it is a very solo experience…they are very nice,, and try to do a little English, but my Spanish has gone to pot under the circumstances and it is very frustrating not to be able to converse properly.

So we did venture out a little. Amr had explored a bit yesterday too and he back on track with the city. It really is a city, with cars even going through the centre, but as charming as ever. I got to check out the cathedral and Plaza Mayor…Amr had to have dinner alone as I couldn’t be around food!

Not sure where we stand for tomorrow…plan is for me to taxi to Hornillos del Camino, but it is a tiny place and we’ll see in the morning.Read more
Margaret's Travels It is all unfortunate that this would happen. I know you will bounce back soon. That Cathedral is amazing and Burgos a busy and enticing city.
4/29/23Reply
Traveler Oh Rosie don’t push yourself, from
4/29/23Reply
Traveler I meant to say find yourself a nice park bench and sit in the fresh with your kindle and get better
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Traveler One More Camino in Spain 2023
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- May 8, 2023, 6:44pm
- ☁️ 24 °C
- Altitude: 881 m
- Spain Castille and León Burgos Río Vena 42.33786, -3.69739742°20’16” N 3°41’51” W
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Out in the world again!
May 8, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
Hurray! I was discharged this morning by the lovely doctor Michelle who has seen me through all this, and a lovely non English speaking surgeon. To my delight they said I could eat anything - that is nothing is forbidden, but just be moderate and not too spicy…etc…so I no longer a patient, and we had a lunch at Amr’s favourite tapas bar and I tasted delicious food at last.. and a little wine. And lots of water…I certainly will be moderate as do NOT want anything to go wrong again.

It is a beautiful day in Burgos and we walked gently quite a lot (that was part of the instruction too - walk a lot, but not Camino!). It was siesta time most of our walking time, so the city was quiet and so good for me to see it all feeling well. Walked along the beautiful tree-lined path beside the river and sat with kindles for quite a while. Saw pilgrims walking through….life is continuing.

Amr has booked a bus for us from Burgos (the bus station is conveniently just up the street from our hotel) to León tomorrow at 10.30, and that ride will be our viewing of the meseta. We stay in León 2 nights, another beautiful city, and then get another bus to Hospital de Órbigo (name of town, NOT a hospital!) and from there our old itinerary kicks in. Amr will walk, and I will get bus or whatever transport is available. Looked up the bus from there to the next place and it was a 16 min ride!! I’m actually starting to look forward to this life of swanning from village to village, and I’ll see all the familiar places. Anyway, more of that as it happens.

I had my first squeezed OJ at the little bar at the hotel…so good. Soon we will set off for dinner.

Just back from dinner: Amr had the menu del dia, but I just had soup a La Castellana which was more than enough…he had the soup too, and some salmon…now back at 10 pm and the tapas bars are still full and buzzing…surely they don’t go home now for dinner??Read more
Traveler Ahhh wonderful Ma! You’ve both been amazing getting through this ordeal. Back to semi normal Camino life!
5/8/23Reply
Traveler The best photo ever,
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Traveler Looking wonderful you two!
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Traveler El Camino de Santiago
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- May 10, 2023, 12:46am
- ☁️ 9 °C
- Altitude: 2,877 ft
- Spain Castille and León Burgos Río Vena 42.342411, -3.69557642°20’33” N 3°41’44” W
Day 12
11. DAY | 14 km
May 10, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
Ein Tag in Burgos...

Irgendwie hätte man heute meinen können, ich würde schon immer hier leben. Gemütlich lief ich zur Post und habe schon einmal ein Paket von 3,29 Kilo nach Santiago verschickt, um mich zu entlasten also eigentlich benötigt man zum überleben tatsächlich nichts und dann spazierte ich durch die Stadt und gefühlt traf ich eine Menge Pilger die sich meinen Namen gemerkt hatten und mich begrüßten. Die Massage war ein Traum zumindest wurde alles lang gezogen was man nur lang ziehen konnte und nun bin ich ready für morgen.

Ich sagte euch bereits gestern, dass ich hier einen Spezialauftrag hatte und zwar lernte ich den Montag vor meiner Abreise bekannte meiner Tante in einem Restaurant kennen, Sie waren emotional sehr angeschlagen und so kamen wir ins Gespräch, aus dem sich raus filterte, dass Sie einen schweren Verlust hatten. Nachdem wir lange sprachen sagten Sie zu mir: Erinnere dich an unseren Engel wenn du in Burgos bist, da dies die Herkunft war. Also suchte ich mir heute ein schönes Plätzchen aus und verewigte durch einen Schmetterling diesen Moment und einige Minuten später flog eine Taube Richtung Himmel.

Wisst ihr was mir alles einfacher macht? Zu wissen dass wir alle unter dem gleichen Himmel sind.

Gute Nacht
Elli

Un giorno a Burgos...

In qualche modo si potrebbe pensare che io abbia sempre vissuto qui. Oggi sono andata tranquillamente all'ufficio postale e ho spedito un pacco di 3,29 chili a Santiago per alligerirmi, quindi in realtà non hai bisogno di nulla per sopravvivere, e poi camminavo per la città e ho incontrato molti pellegrini che si sono ricordati il mio nome e mi hanno salutata. Il massaggio è stato un sogno ora sono pronto per domani.

Vi ho già detto ieri che ho avuto un compite speciale qui a Burgos e cioè il lunedì prima di partire ho incontrato in un ristorante alcune persone che conosceva mia zia, erano molto tristi ed emotivamente e così ci siamo messi a parlare, da cui è uscito fuori che avevano avuto una grave perdita. Dopo aver parlato a lungo mi hanno detto: "Ricordati del nostro angelo quando sarai a Burgos, perché questa era l'origine". Così oggi ho scelto un posto bellissimo e ho immortalato il momento con una farfalla, e pochi minuti dopo una colomba ha attraversato il cielo.

Sapete cosa mi rende tutto più facile? Sapere che siamo tutti sotto lo stesso cielo.

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You might also know this place by the following names:

Burgos, برغش, Burqos, Горад Бургас, Бургос, Μπούργος, Burgoso, Burgus, بورگوس, בורגוס, Բուրգոս, RGS, ブルゴス, 부르고스, Burgi, Burgosas, Burgosa, برگوس, 09001, बुर्गोस, บูร์โกส, 布尔戈斯

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