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Combarro

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    • Day 21

      Baiona to Vigo

      June 1 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

      I had a solo day walking today and left fairly early at 7 and was able to enjoy the sunrise. The morning walk was cool but it once again turned into a hot afternoon. At one point I took a narrow path in the brush and ended up in a bog and soaking my feet in water and mud! Entering Vigo was a test of endurance as it was not well marked making for a frustrating afternoon walk in the heat.Read more

    • Day 20

      Oia to Baiona

      May 31 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

      It was hard leaving the wonderful accommodation we had in Oia at La Cala, other than for the snake incident. The morning had us walking along the coast on an asphalt pedestrian path which eventually led to a forested section that had a very much appreciated cafe at the top. The day was hot, up to 30 C with not a cloud in the sky. Eventually we arrived in the famous town of Baiona, where Christopher Columbus returned from the "new world" on the Pinta, 3 days before the king and queen of Spain were made aware of this feat!Read more

    • Day 13

      Sinxenxo.... Portonovo....Combarro ❤️

      May 8, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C

      Heute radeln wir in die andere Richtung um das Kleine Historische Combarro anzuschauen 🥰
      Ein ganz besonderer Ort, den man unbedingt gesehen haben muss ! Wir haben die perfekte Jahreszeit ausgesucht.... gaaaaanz entspannt bummeln wir durch die kleinen Gassen und sind begeistert !
      Liebevoll gestaltete Plätze kleine schnuckelige Bars und überall weisen Muscheln darauf hin, dass der Pilgerweg hier vorbei geht ❤️

      Das ganze Örtchen ist voll mit "Herreos" ..... Uralte Getreidespeicher die auf Stelzen gebaut sind, damit die Nagetiere das Getreide nicht erreichen 😜 und überall stehen kunstvolle Wegkreuze, die den Weg zeigen und gleichzeitig die Geister vertreiben sollen ! Und das soll es laut den Einheimischen hier ganz viele geben 😜 Warten wir mal ab , was die Nacht bringt 😂, aber nach fast 60 km bergauf und bergab können uns auch Geister nichts mehr anhaben 😂
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    • Day 16

      Combarro!

      July 4, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 70 °F

      Our Alburgue, Nuestra Señora del Camino is 23 euros a bed and is so nice! Clean, well thought out, comfortable, everything we need! We have had such good places this whole trip! The town of Combarro is a very quaint village with a marina. The old-town portion is reminiscent of Cinque Terra with its many stairs, flowered porches and restaurants right on the water. Portugal and Spain’s food portions are SO big! I can hardly ever finish!! I ordered a Spanish omelette for dinner and it was like deep dish and the size of my plate! Andrea had the sardines! 😳🫢 You may have noticed small rectangular buildings on tall pedestals, often with crosses on top… those structures were for the storage of grain and other food items to be kept dry and away from rodents!Read more

    • Day 10

      Tag 9 - Arcade - Combarro (29km)

      May 20 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C

      Von Arcade uf Pontevedra und vo döt us hani mini Route uf Variante Espiritual gwechslet, wa zuasätzlichi Kilometer bedüted. Söll aber schöner si, mit weniger Lüt und nomol am Meer entlang.

      Hüt überwiegend sunnig gsi 🌞 Endlich! Und Unterkunft het an schöne Usblick ufs Meer🌊

      I minere zweite Nacht hani Sintija vo Lettland kenneglernt. Sie isch die erst jung Frau gsi wo mi motiviert het und isch bereits in Lissabon gstartet. I ha ghofft, dass i sie irgendwenn uf am Camino wieder treffe wird. Und hüt genau ah Wuche spöter hani sie wieder troffe uf am Weg zu de Unterkunft. Per Zuefall hend mer die glich Herberg buecht und sind so am Obed mitanand go Tapas esse 🌶🥂
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    • Day 4

      Miradoiro do Loureiro

      October 9, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F

      they call it variante espiritual because my spirit almost left my body during this entire hike. 😆🥵 i saw the german pilgrim w a dog and she told me that after this, it's the easy part. wrong! haha. it was still a steady hike but all the downhill areas were rocky and not forgiving at all to my old grandma knees. 😭🥵

      saw a sign for a massage. maybe I'll get one in santiago. 👀
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    • Day 11–12

      Day 11 - Beginning the Spiritual

      April 19 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 70 °F

      Today was the shortest mileage day so far, thankfully. We have split the distance to Armenteira by stopping in Combarros for the night. And so glad we did! This is a lovely old village on the sea. The walk has been spectacular recently, and today continued the scenic way. Diverging on the Spiritual route turned us westward toward the water with a manageable hill up and over. I was fueled by a magnificent strawberry cream croissant and a cafe con leche this morning. And the day got even better from there. I’m already beginning to count the days until this magical adventure ends, and the thought is overwhelming. Lots to experience in the next 4 days.Read more

    • Day 101

      Day 4 at the Camino

      August 31, 2019 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 21 °C

      Same procedure as every day. Alarm clock at 6.30h, but I woke up at 5.15h as at that time the first pilgrims get up. We are now already in the 100km radius of Santiago and there are more pilgrims. You even find more improvised "shop", selling coffee, fruits and souvenirs out of their car.
      We decided to go the "camino espiritual", which takes 1 or 2 days longer than the normal route, but is less crowded. After the forth day, you already feel the 120km in your bones and feet and it is almost the general topic of the pilgrims who has which injuries or "damages".
      We stay at a small, pittoresque fishing village.
      Interesting route: the yellow arrows of the Camino wanted to guide us through the water. Later we found out, that at the right time the water has gone because of the tide.
      The "youth" is buying drinks at the supermarket to get prepared for Saturday evening.
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    • Day 35

      Assumption of Mary

      August 15, 2021 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

      We are in Cambarro of the feast of the Assumption of Mary - We don’t attend the celebratory masses but we do enjoy the bangers/ flares they let off at the pier to celebrate. They go off numerous times over several days. We try and figure out a sequence or timing but it seems fairly random so I jump with fright plenty of times as they are let off really close by. Colm makes a great sport of collecting the deprise sticks from the water and has subsequently made weapons with them. We are only delighted to have them spinning around in the small space we inhabit on Régal.
      We spend four days in Cambarro marina, mixing boat business and pleasure. There is a laundrette and supermarket beyond the old town which we visit frequently. We go up the hill with bags of dirty laundry passing the walking tours and day trippers and come back down with a trolley full of shopping and wet laundry - Glamorous it ain’t.
      There is a beach within 5 minutes walk as well a nice cafe with internet and the town is small enough for Ruby and Colm to navigate on their own. It is nice for everyone to go and pursue their own happiness when the jobs are done.
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    • Day 35

      Combarro

      August 15, 2021 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

      We enjoy the change of being tied up at a marina. SUP and dingy tied up, we can step off Régal and wander up the town whenever we want.
      Cambarro is a beautiful town and buses of tourists come to walk through its historic narrow streets that are carved into the rock. The town is famous for ‘horreos’ - old raised stone grain stores. These stone structures are all over Galicia but it is the number of them in town that brings tourists like us to Combarro. There are horreos outside houses, in gardens and allotments and lining part of the shore. We go full tourist on our first evening and eat Paella in the square in the old town.
      I order Albarino, the local white wine which has become my tipple of late. The waitress, when she brings it, takes a wobble and spills it all over Colm- he is drenched in it. Not to worry, the boat is only 5 minutes away so he and Ruby dash back for a hose down and change of clothes while I get served another glass. The benefits of being at docked at a marina.
      Later we get a taste of traditional music with the wandering pipe band - we are in tourist heaven.
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