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    • TravelerBuen Camino!
      Day 11

      St Domingo de la Calzada

      September 29, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

      What a great day! Kind of a triple header off a famous stop, a really nice albergue, and a really, really good meal.

      It’s famous because of a story of a miracle involving a false accusation, a hanging, and the month long survival of the hanged man, culminating in the local official, when hearing of it, saying that the man was as alive as the chickens that were just them being served to him. At which point they both came to life. For centuries a pair of chickens has always lived in the local cathedral to commemorate the miracle, attributed to St. Domingo.

      After two 28 Km days today was shorter, maybe 21? We got into town fairly early and discovered that our albergue was just extra nice, with footbaths to soak your feet in cold water and other amenities, like bags of olives, and beers in the vending machines. The self-serve laundry hand washing area was very nice too. Also the cathedral to explore, chickens and all, and a big clock tower with nine large bells.

      I was in a celebratory mood and noticed a Michelin rated restaurant close to the cathedral. Morgan and I are with our friends David and Ollie. It was fabulous! A really fun night. We barely made it back too the albergue by the 10:00 PM curfew! Which is why yesterday’s adventure is only now being reported.      Read more

    • TravelerWalk-about in Spain
      11
      Day 14

      Day 11 - Azofra to Grañon

      May 26, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C

      At a glance:
      Cultural highlight: going to mass in a church, sleeping in a church, eating in a church, having a ceremony in a church with 40 others.
      Food highlights: Risotto cooked by Michael
      Kilometres walked: 21.72k
      # of steps: 28,756
      Elevation gain: 210m

      We have continued to have good walking weather--breezy ambient temperatures. Today was rolling hills of wheat and barley and no grape vines.
      We finished in Grañón in a church hospital for pilgrims.
      It is a donotavito albergue. Our donations feed tomorrow's pilgrims.
      As we register the hospitalio asks us if we can be the chief chef. We look horrified and suggest we are better being told what to do.
      Michael is here too. He volunteers to be the head chef.
      All 40 of us help. The team of 4 Italian bicyclists are experts with a knife. The 3 young women are born salad makers. Trudy chops tomatoes, carrots, peaches, potatoes, whatever came her way.
      I suddenly remember our 2nd night, at Roncesvalles waiting to be let into the dinning room. I had noticed 3 young women in front of us and when the door finally opened a young man quickly placed himself near them so he would be placed at a table with them (and us plus a few others). That young man was Michael and the 3 women were now making salad. There are 20 of us sleeping on mattresses on the floor. We have a private door from our sleeping room into the loft overlooking the pews, altar and gilt carvings. We just spent an hour each of us, one at a time holding a candle saying a few words on our Camino experience before passing the candle to the next person. Now we sleep. Ricardo introduces himself as we slip into our respective sleeping systems. He gives me permission to push him if he snores. It's nice to know who you are sleeping with.      Read more

    • TravelerJakobsweg - Camino Frances
      1
      Day 12

      10. Tag: Najera - Grañón

      August 13, 2019 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

      am nächsten Tag gehe ich mal wieder alleine, um ein wenig Zeit für mich zu haben, irgendwie ist mir heute einfach nicht nach Gesellschaft. In Santo Domingo de la Calzada treffe ich dann wieder auf Manuel, Matteo (2) und Andrew und gehe die letzten 7 km bis Grañón mit den dreien gemeinsam.

      Die Strecke verläuft größtenteils flach und ist recht einfach zu gehen.      Read more

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    • TravelerCamino Frances
      Day 13

      Ciruena til Castildelgado

      April 23, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C

      Turen i dag var på ca. 19 km, gjennom flere hyggelige landsbyer og et åpent og vakkert landskap. Etter 6 km ble det frokost i Santo Domingo de la Calzada - tortilla de poteta, kaffe og frisk appelsin juice. Etter nye 6,5 km var det tid for lunsj, sammen med amerikanske far og datter - Tim og Alexandra. Hyggelig. Det blir mye reprise på frokost og lunsj - en eller to tortillas, kaffe og juice. Smaker godt og mett blir jeg, så det er bra.
      Jeg trodde kanskje jeg hadde truffet den nye camino kameraten min - sneglen, men nei. Hen holder seg nok i skyggen. Eller skjedde det ikke så mye på turen. Humøret var bedre og motivasjonen til stede, spesielt etter et par Paracet mot et fortsatt kranglende venstre kne. De neste par dagene blir på rundt 20 km fram til Burgos. Der blir det hvile i to dager. Bildene viser turen og landskapet, med fjellene i det fjern. Jeg er fortsatt på Meseta platået, rundt 750 moh. I dag blir det fellesmiddag i Albergue Bideluze hvor jeg bor på sovesal med 5 andre - den kjekkeste gutten på sovesal A ……..      Read more

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    • Two wheels to the Tiger's Nest
      Day 11

      Day 11 - Santo Domingo de la Cazada

      September 18, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

      It felt like a longer day in the saddle today - although the Garmin shows we were as quick as any other day. The morning was spent amongst the scenic vineyards of the region and watching the harvest. The afternoon was much more gravelly and we were up against a long climb with a significant headwind. This really sapped our energy and we needed a 2 hour sleep on arrival. Should be less windy tomorrow! I hope.
      50kms cycled today, 820m up, 590m down.      Read more

    • TravelerCamino de Santiago
      Day 13

      Najera to Santo Domingo de la Calzada

      April 4 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C

      A glorious day, the hemmed in paths of the Navarrese forests forgotten as we bounced through wide rolling fields.

      What a gift to be here in spring, where the sun walks with you but doesn't punish, and the surroundings are green and swollen, not scalded and crisp. After two 28km+ days the 22 flew, and I thumped down the hill to Santo Domingo by noon, choosing not to push on a further 6km to the next town.

      A section on both my big toes is numb, I assume we're building a callous but if not I suppose I can deal with that.      Read more

    • TravelerWith Best of Intentions
      1
      Day 14

      Grañon

      July 15, 2021 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C

      We started out early as usual, with coffee on the way out of town. Then walked for a couple of hours before stopping for breakfast at Cirueña. Then on to Santo Domingo de Calzada where we stopped at the cathedral. It’s an interesting town with a history of some interesting miracles that may have occurred ages ago. There is a chicken house shrine that is associated with one of the miracles. It’s complicated, ask me about it when I get back. The cathedral has built up streets all around it, so it’s impossible to get a picture that shows the whole building.

      Our original goal for the day was 9 miles to Santo Domingo de Calzada. But after the cathedral we miraculously felt up to going on to the next town. So we ended up at Grañon with 12 miles under our belts for the day. We’re starting to get into shape! We need to get an average of 10 miles a day in order to finish at Santiago de Compostela in time to meet our wives in Portugal near the 18th. We will probably do some longer days in order to have layover days in some of the more interesting cities. We will use the postal service option to have your backpack forwarded to an albergue so we can do those long days. In the end, if we want to take more time, we will. It’s about the journey.

      Interesting note, we’re at the west edge of Rioja province and suddenly the vineyards are gone and it’s all dry land wheat farming we’re walking through. Not as interesting as the vineyards, but still a very pleasant countryside. A long hill we ascended today had a nice surprise at the top. Way out in the middle of nowhere someone built a resting place with concrete lounge chairs. These people are really supportive of the Camino.

      Tonight we’re staying at a “Donativo” albergue, where you pay what you feel is appropriate. A communal dinner and grab as you go breakfast are included. It’s clean, but has a lot of “character”. So far every place we have stayed has accommodated my travel CPAP needing a plug in.

      Got a call in with Debbie tonight, which was nice. And I think I’ll be able to upload 2 days posts that I didn’t have internet for yesterday.
      Heading to bed now.
      Good Night,
      Phil      Read more

    • TravelerJacqueline is Walking 2022
      1
      Day 15

      Najera -St. Domingo

      April 28, 2022 in Spain ⋅ 🌧 11 °C

      Alleine bei den Namen : Santo Domingo de la Calzada denke ich, da will ich hin!

      Ich glaube die halbe Stadt hat unter meinem Schlafzimmerfenster, gesungen, getrunken geröpst und erzählt.
      Hier und da fange ich von den Gesprächen was auf. Obwohl das Fenster geschlossen ist, ist die Lautstärke des Sprechens gut hörbar, die Menschen hier rufen sich zu, ach ja…
      Als um halb 2 zwei Senoritas sich ausführlich austauschen, frage ich höflich ob sie sich ein Häuschen weiter niederlassen können. Ich erkläre von mañana, Camino und estar dormido und sie sagen verständnisvoll leise goodbye.

      Um 8.15 Uhr verlasse ich Najera, Laura hat liebevoll das Frühstück vorbereitet. Es regnet weiter und Ich überlege welche Lieder ich kenne, in denen das Wort "Regen" vorkommt.
      Macht nix, wir tragen die Sonne im Herzen.

      Heute ein weiterer steiler Anstieg bis auf 800 Meter und dann der Abstieg nach St. Domingo. Auf dem Weg nach unten habe ich mir Sorgen gemacht, weil ich so dringend Pipi machen muss.

      Vor allem, wenn man viel trinkt, wo geht man dann auf die Toilette, wenn es 10 km entfernt nichts gibt.
      Es gibt eine Lösung für Frauen, das Uixi, aber man muss vorher zu Hause üben😁.
      Angekommen im brasilianischen Hostel mit einem schönen Zimmer für mich, eine hübsche süße Brasilianerin öffnet die Eingangstür. Sie erklärt alles, wo was ist im Städtchen und gibt mir den Code für das Zimmer.
      Ich lasse mich sofort aufs Bett fallen, Matschetag überstanden!
      10 x mit der Uixi und mit dem kleinen Mädchen, ich glaube ich habe eine Blasenentzündung.
      Das wäre jetzt nicht gut.      Read more

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    • TravelerEl Camino De Santiago
      1
      Day 11

      Santo Domingo de la Calzada

      April 25 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C

      Short 20km day, a private bedroom, and a 1.5 hour nap today making me very happy! And my new phone charger works!

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