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    • Day 4

      Sarranoasa

      April 26, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C

      Heute war die zweite Etappe von ca 23 km + 7 weiteren km obendrein. Um acht Uhr ging es los, nachdem mir gestern noch Gedanken bis halb zwölf im Kopf waren und um vier die Nacht zu Ende. Beim Frühstück um sieben lernte ich etwas eine Frau aus USA 🇺🇸 und eine aus Kanada 🍁 kennen.

      Am Ortsausgang gab es die Kilometeranzeige wie weit es nach den gestrigen ca 28km noch zum Zielort ist. 😳😱

      Den ganzen Weg und Tag verbrachte ich mit dem Tschechen Martin. 29 Jahre alt und mit sich im hadern über, weil vor drei Monaten sich seine Freundin nach 1 1/2 Jahren getrennt hat, nen neuen hat und er an sich und seine Liebe und an sich selbst zweifelt. Versuchte ihm ein paar Ratschläge zu geben aus meiner Erfahrung und ihm nach langen Gesprächen ihm sagte, was für ein toller Mensch er doch sei, und er eines Tages schon verstehen wird, warum es ihm dann klar sein wird, warum das Schicksal eben nicht möchte,dass diese Frau nicht die passende ist. Er ist mit seinen 29 echt reif und ein wirklich lieber und vielleicht konnte ich ihm auf seinem Jakobsweg ne tolle Begegnung sein.

      Nun heute ging es überwiegend bergab, leicht bergauf und viel gerade durch ganz viel Wald. Mehrere 100 Meter bergab ging es siehe Foto eins und es entstand für uns das Motto und die Erkenntnis des Tages, als bildliche Darstellung an Problemlösung heran zu gehen :

      Keine Eile beim Abstieg (erkenne an sich das Problem) , schau genau hin wohin du den nächsten Fuß setzt (schau dir das Problem genau an) , nimm dir Zeit für die Entscheidung zum Fuß setzen (nimm dir Zeit für dein Problem), entscheide dich für den nächsten Schritt (löse dein Problem) und irgendwann Schritt für Schritt hast du den steinigen Weg geschafft (Problem gelöst), Der weg liegt hinter dir.

      Zumindest soll dies mein Motto und Hilfestellung in der nächsten Zeit sein.

      Ansonsten gab es auf dem Weg noch so manche Begegnungen und Panorama, und schon um 12:45 Ankunft in Subiri dem eigentlichen Ende der Etappe zwei.

      Juhu endlich gab es was leckeres zum Mittagessen und der Kellner war Tscheche. 😂😂😂😂

      Preisnachlass wegen Martin bekommen, extra Peperoni und Käse 🥳

      Eine taube geflüchtete Ukrainerin arbeitete da auch und es ergab sich dass ich sie mal drucken durfte um ihr auch ein Gefühl zu geben, Kopf hoch, irgendwann wirds schon wieder gut und ihre Tränen kamen und meine fast. 😢 Emotionalster Moment des Tages.

      Nach dem Mittagessen und ich war voll und platt entschieden wir uns nicht hier in dem Haus an der Brücke zu übernachten 😢😢😢, sondern weiter zu laufen, noch 7km,bis eben dahin wo ich jetzt den neuen Fußstapfen gepostet habe. Wieder durch Wald, an der Straße, durch idyllische Ortschaften bis eben hier her. Nix idyllisch, alles geschlossen, kein Supermarkt aber vielleicht ja auch ganz gut sich nun Zeit für sich zu nehmen.

      Nach 30km endlich geduscht, Wäsche per Hand gewaschen, Tagebuch geschrieben und am Ende des Tages der Gewinn für das Motto des Tages 😍.

      Im Inneren stellte ich mir heute die Frage, ob ich nicht etwas "egoistischer" sein sollte, und Energie, Emotionen, Ratschläge und Hilfen mehr für mich verwenden sollte? 🙄 🤔 Denn eigentlich lebe ich doch auch nach dem Motto, was du gibst im Leben, dass kommt vom Leben auch zurück. 🤔🤔🤔🤔

      P. S. Man beachte das letzte Foto

      Nix mit Romantik, wie im Steinhaus am Wasser und Idylle drum rum, sondern...... 😱😢😭😭😅😂🤭🤭🤭

      P. P. S.

      Zeit für Musik

      Lieblingsauswahl derzeit:

      4 NON BLONDES - What's going on

      Gibt mir Stärke, schreien wollen, und Selbstwertgefühl und Selbstvertrauen

      Goldfrapp - happiness (unbedingt das music Video schauen wo man sie singen und ihr Umfeld sieht, erst dann wird der Song happy) so möchte ich auch wieder durchs Leben hüpfen 🤭

      Macht mich happy, gute Laune

      Snow patrol - chasing cars

      Beschreibt so sehr die Sehnsucht und das Vermissen nach Liebe geben und erhalten mit dem Mann.......

      Wo bist du? Ich bin so zerrissen in meiner Einsamkeit
      --> goldfrapp - Cologne Cerrone Houdini
      -->Hooverphonic - Mad about you

      😢😢😢😢
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    • Day 4

      Day 2 - Burguete to Larrasoana

      Yesterday in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 52 °F

      Burguete to Espinal to Biskarret to Zubiri to Larrasoano. Today was a day of “rolling” hills - and more rain. Calling these hills rolling is like calling a house “quaint.” It requires a lot of work. While not as steep, the paths we climbed up and down were pure rock - smooth rock sheets, rocks jutting out of the ground in long lines, and small chunks of- with fun mud and water puddles in between. Made for some slow and careful stepping! And a few times we had no choice but to wade ankle deep through water and/or mud. But the fog was mostly gone so we could see the countryside, which was beautiful, and we went through a handful of cute towns. All of the houses in these little towns are beautiful, old and perfectly maintained. Lots of horses and sheep, and since they roam free, lots of their poop to step around in a few spots. Stopped for breakfast after 4 miles and had my first tortilla de patates, a Spanish omelet/quiche with potatoes and onions - really delicious. Had a nice communal dinner at my albergue, and was given a nice little speech about what I’ll learn on the Camino by the owner of a grocery store I went to for road snacks tomorrow. How to live in the moment, that “stuff” isn’t necessary and whatever lesson my heart wants me to learn. He then gave me a bar of chocolate, so he’s my favorite person on this trip.

      Pictures in order: church with these funky trees seen everywhere; standard house door with thistles for protection and good luck; the Pyrenees in the distance; one of several pedestrian bridges I crossed; tortilla de patates and cafe con leche; one of the less rocky paths climbed; spring mountain flowers; part of the Puente de rabias bridge into Zubiri (legend says you walk your animals across 3x to protect them from rabies); the elevation maps for yesterday and today; mural in my albergue showing I’ll walk through 138 towns/cities on the Camino, excluding all the little hamlets. Accidentally stopped vs paused my tracker when I took a lunch break, but 2/3rds of the route I walked today
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    • Day 3

      Zubiri/Urdániz

      April 17 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C

      Betsy is gone! She took a taxi back to Saint Jean this morning and will take the train back to London tomorrow. It’s a bummer she couldn’t have done more with me, but I’m letting the Camino come to me, unexpected turns and all! I walked almost the whole day with a friend I met back in the Bayonne train station, Peyton from Houston, who is walking after quitting his consulting job. We met up with Sebastian from Poland who just quit his job in IT. Sebastian heard about the Camino from a friend ten years ago, bought a pack and decided to go. But it took him ten years to finally find the time. Our day was 100x easier than yesterday and even though it rained, we were not too cold. The views of the Pyrenees foothills were incredible; no pictures can do it justice. My albergue for the evening is much smaller than last night and I’m looking forward to a dinner with other pilgrims. Funny enough, my bunk mates for tonight were one bunk away from me at last night’s hostel (Ashley and Eric from Canada). Being on my own has made me even more excited about meeting others and hearing their stories!Read more

    • Day 6

      Fast and Zubirious

      March 28 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 5 °C

      Nicole found BLANKETS last night so I am starting today both well fed and reasonably rested which, turns out, makes a huge difference. I wrapped myself up then slotted myself into my sleeping bag, like a Beef Wellington if the bacon was a blanket and the pastry was a sleeping bag, and you squint.

      Off I go to Pamplona! I said, and got 50m down the road, did the speed trap (because I am at my core, a silly billy) then realised I forgot my bread and went back. I like to think anyone watching thought that was my whole day. Out, SPRINT, job done, in.
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    • Day 8

      Rocesvalles to Zubiri

      June 21, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C

      Today was test of our endurance. The mountains of the Pyrenees in our last two days were hard but we were starting with fresh legs. Today I started sore and it was a long 22 km hike through the foothills on what the boys dubbed the spine of the Pyrenees. Some kind of seismic uplift created a sideways shale spine of rocks which was our trail. I didn’t get a good picture of it but it was brutal on the feet. I just yearned for flat ground. Twenty two km isn’t easy but it’s even harder balancing on spikey rocks. But we did it and the waters of Zubiri was a great reward in the shadow of a 12th c. bridge. Our hostel is clean and new and has laundry with free soap so we couldn’t pass that chance up. The little yard has a clothesline for us to use.

      We kept leap-frogging with people we knew on the trail the whole way here. The first part of the hike was beautiful going through woods (one of the areas has a sign that said that it was called “witches woods” because 9 witches were burned at the stake there! Spooky!!!), little farm towns and playing with the cats who greeted us knowing that pilgrims often bring food and head rubs. Daniel was in Heaven. We bought lunch at a Mercado and I carried a grande baguette a few hours (it kept rubbing into low pine tree branches on the trail but don’t tell my people- what they don’t know won’t hurt them). We ate it at an outdoor restaurant with a few other familiar faces from the trail.

      Dinner was the ONLY restaurant in Zubiri but thankfully we got there before the crowd and got a table. We told the next wave of people (again- friends from the trail) to drink lots of beer because it was going to be a long wait. We ate off the pilgrim’s menu but thankfully we had some choices. I had paella and flan. The wine was a mere 2 euros a glass. Since we are early, Jon and the boys are playing cribbage in our little backyard with astroturf. (Btw, we keep running into a Korean mom and son who cook their food wherever they land! Tonight they are also in our albergue. They are carrying carrots and rice in their packs. Impressive!)
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    • Day 8

      End of roncessvalles to zubiri

      June 21, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C

      I keep forgetting to start recording at the beginning of our hike. Oh well. This one is from tuesday, when we (most of us) were feeling pretty good. For a time, Ollie carried my pack and daniel carried two - his and Ollie’s — to try to help me overcome some feet and blister problems (and just keep up in general). Bless them.Read more

    • Day 6

      Somewhere we crossed a border…

      April 14 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 77 °F

      Somewhere in the long journey over the Pyrenees, we crossed into Spain. It was so lovely lovely to see the horses with their bells on many hillsides, and walk into Roncesvalles.

      Our accommodation for the evening is housed in a renovated monastery. By the time we got there it was hot! 🥵

      We had sunscreened our tender fish belly skin but it did not escape the reddening by radiation.

      Gladly for us the evening air cooled and sent breezes through the open windows. And the stone of the building insulated beautifully. The whole place was clean and efficient and easily housed a very large group of people. I enjoyed the communal dinner with other pilgrims. Who knew that I would have a chance to practice Japanese with one pilgrim traveling alone and looking a bit bewildered?

      Over and over I felt so grateful for the amazing weather, the ancient mountains with sweeping sky, and the thousand year old trail to guide us. And for Paul’s dedication to planning and getting on this Camino.
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    • Day 7

      Welcome back to the city = Pamplona

      April 15 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 50 °F

      What makes the Camino special are the people we meet. Today we met Teresa from South Carolina. Teresa is a grandmother who felt called to travel the Camino. She arrived very late to the end of the first long long stage. She did not arrive until after 9 p.m., no more dinner was left. She did not give up other pilgrims shared with her, the next day sore and tired. She took her time one step at a time. It gave me pause to remember that people are good and that with patience and grace you can complete anything. Today we arrived in Pamplona. We had a wonderful Basque meal and played with the animals. Tomorrow we take a train for 4.5 hours to Astorga.Read more

    • Day 6

      Day 3 Zubiri

      April 13 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

      Went to the Pilgrim Mass at Roncesvalles Monastery last night and the Cardinal giving the service blessed us, hope it helps.🤗
      Walking is not always pretty and so far it's usually not easy. 22km took us 6 hours jncl 2 small breaks. Mainly very rocky forest paths that I think are more dangerous then yesterday's death path 😟 Gotta be careful as it's so easy to sprain an ankle. Let's hope tomorrow is flatter! G OnwardsRead more

    • Day 9

      Day 5: Larrasoaña to Pamplona

      May 22, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 59 °F

      Mileage: 10.25
      Elevation gain: 833
      Elevation loss: 1,007
      Weather: beautiful! Partly sunny with a cool breeze
      Total mileage: 44.5

      More beautiful weather and scenery. This won’t always be true, so I am savoring it while I can. I was awake before the roosters (and the snorers in my dormitory!) so I was ready to hit to hit the road at 7 this morning. I didn’t *need* to leave so early, but it was cool and crisp with lovely early morning light, so I was happy to be out. I stopped for cafe con leche and Spanish tortilla for breakfast a few miles in.

      Much less climbing and downhill today, although there was still some! The walk along the wheat field was one of my favorite sections so far. Some of the Pamplona portion wasn’t very pretty, but it’s all still very interesting. I’m in a hotel tonight with a day off tomorrow; both of those things feel odd at this point but very welcome. I was as happy to see the bathtub as I’ve ever been to see an inanimate object. I’m going in search of tapas tonight!

      1. Beautiful light this morning.
      2. I don’t get tired of this kind of trail.
      3. Hilly but pretty
      4. Lots of poppies and wheat today. I loved both but the combination!!
      5. Looking over the Arga valley
      6. Not sure if this was a farmhouse or a church
      7. Lots of this yellow bush today. I don’t think it’s forsythia? Maybe gorse? Smells nice and cheered me on up this hill.
      8. The medieval (!) bridge that took me into Pamplona
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