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    • TravelerA long walk with my son.
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      Day 8

      Day 7: Villa Franca de Bierzo to Laguna

      April 12 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 18 °C

      Another long walk! 17 miles this time. Forgot to say, it ended up being a hot one! I think it was in the 80s. I was lucky to find a store that sold sun tan lotion. I forgot ours. But we did get some sun burn first.
      What a beautiful day. Started off for quite a few miles walking on the road. No ones favorite. But finally went to mountains in a distance and country roads.
      The last 3 miles or so was all up hill!! I will admit, at one point I may have thrown a temper tantrum. Why are we going all the way to Laguna?? There is a place to stay before that which works just as well. I lost. Patrick persisted.
      In the end, after I barely survived getting up to the top of the mountain, it was magical. So many people we met along the way were here. This is the only alburgue so it was nice to see people we might not have seen for a few days.
      After dinner, some young people got together and one was playing guitar and people were signing. Very nice!
      10 pm now. Lights out.
      Tomorrow we go further up the mountain and down, down, down.      Read more

    • The World is Out ThereCamino De Santiago
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      Day 16

      O’Cebreiro to Triacastela

      June 3, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 46 °F

      Beautiful green pastoral setting. Hit Alto San Roche at the golden moment. Met logistics specialist Pascal from Rotterdam. He just started home brewing! Had to gear up for a short rain. The Way was slick from days of rain and several had bad falls.Read more

    • Andreas HellwigCamino Frances 2022
      Day 34

      Tag 34 Villafranca Lalaguna de Castilla

      June 4, 2022 in Spain ⋅ 🌧 13 °C

      Der heutige Tag ist nur mit einen zu beschreiben sehr Fordernt.
      Es ging erst durch einen Schnellstraßen Tunnel der eigentlich für Fußgänger gesperrt ist.
      Dann fing es an zu regnen und zu guter letzt ging es auch noch 700 Meter hoch.
      Er war der erste Tag wo ich wirklich am Ende war und froh als die Herberge in Sicht kam. Natürlich wie sollte es auch anders sein gab es als Belohnung noch eine richtig dicke Blase.
      Bei der mir ein anderer Pilger dann gleich half und die Blase versorgte.
      Genau so wie ich am 2ten Tag einem anderen auch geholfen hatte.
      Das ist der Geist dieses Weges .
      Genau wie in einer große Familie.
      Es wäre schön wenn dieser Geist auch im normalen Leben Einzug hälte.
      Leider gibt es das viel zu wenig.
      Hier merkt man erst das es völlig egal ist wo einer herkommt und was er macht alle haben die gleichen Outdoor sachen an so gibt es keine unterschiede.
      Alle sind einfach nur Pilger.
      Die 600 km Marke ist geschafft.      Read more

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    • TravelerCamino frances.
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      Day 33

      Von villafranca nach la laguna de castil

      June 4, 2022 in Spain ⋅ 🌧 10 °C

      Hallo zusammen, heute stand die nächste Etappe auf dem Speisezettel und das Menü war seeehr abwechslungsreich. Vorspeise: Überwiegender Untergrund: Asphalt an Tunneldurchführung und Autobahnbrücken. Hauptspeise: Strömender Regen, zerklüftete Bergpanoramen und Sonne Wolkenmix. Nachspeise: extrem steile Anstiege mit Geröll und glitschigem Untergrund auf ca 1200 hm, Hellado in Form von Hagelkörnern. Alles in allem ein abwechslungsreiches Menü auf einer Länge von ca 25km. Erkenntnis des Tages: Es wird gegessen, was auf der Speisekarte steht.Read more

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    • TravelerJakobsweg 2022
      Day 28

      Etappe 23 - La Laguna 2

      October 9, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

      In La Laguna gegen 15 Uhr erschöpft, aber glücklich angekommen.
      Herberge wieder 10 Personen in einem Raum. Aus unserer gestrigen Auberge alle wiedergetroffen. Hier geht wahrscheinlich keiner verloren.
      Derzeit bin ich fast nur mit englisch sprechenden Pilgern zusammen. Muss ganz schön meine Englischkenntnisse ausgraben. Manchmal beginne ich schon in englisch zu denken, bzw. Selbstgespräche zu führen - seltsam!
      Bin hier völlig auf dem Lande - wie aus den Fotos ersichtlich.      Read more

    • TravelerScotland to Spain
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      Day 31

      Trabadelo to O Cebreiro 21km

      April 8 in Spain ⋅ 🌫 5 °C

      So started out raining lightly. I brought an old raincoat that I used previously on the West Coast Trail.....well....it wasn't as water proof as I thought🥴

      Anyway, I felt good and things were great until the light rain became a Classic Galicia Downpour!!!! Luckily there was a bar that was open after walking in it for an hour.

      My 3 German friends stopped there as well. We decided as a group to press on to the next village 5 km away.

      It was so muddy and impossible to keep ones feet dry🥴

      When we reached the next Village it stopped raining and the sun even came out. Christian said she wanted to keep walking with me as our paces were similar.

      We headed out after eating ( tortilla & cafe con leche) and this is where things started to fall apart.....

      It started to rain and the trail was extremely muddy and getting steeper and steeper. We knew of we held on that La faba was 7 km away and there was an albergue there.

      We arrived there and it was just pouring!!!! I was soaking wet ( should have brought my Camino rain gear 🥶) and we found out the Albergue didn't open until 2 pm.....it was 12 noon.
      There was nothing open in this town.....so....we decided to keep walking.

      Up and up and up....the rain turned into sleet......then into snow.....but we kept trudging along. We didn't have a choice to stop anyway. I did briefly to snap a few pics but honestly the low cloud hang obliterated the magnificent view!!

      This is the highest altitude on the whole Camino.

      We finally reached our Albergue at 2 pm. Shortly after arriving it started to snow even heavier. I saw a big snowplow that had been on the highway I think?

      No stores were open so I settled on an Empanada.

      We were able to dry our clothes but my boots are not really dry. I hope tomorrow they will be better.

      The Albergue has 18 pilgrims or so.....It is toasty warm which is wonderful There are over 60 beds in one enormous room.

      This has been quite the day!!
      But shoutout to Merino wool and my Injinji socks!!!!! No blisters and I kept my core temp warm even though I was drenched.      Read more

    • TravelerAventure de randonnée
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      Day 42

      Montée accomplie

      May 30, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

      Une montée sur 8 km et une ascension qui a atteint 1300 mètres Belle journée température idéale,
      L'australie était bien représentée nous avons croisé trois couples.
      La forme physique était au rendez- vous nous avons marché sur des chemins de roches qui auraient été
      dangeureux à la pluie, heureusement on en a été épargné.
      Arrêt à la petite cathédrale de
      O Cebreiro , accompagné par des chants grégoriens, nous avons passé un petit moment spirituel calme pour constater un jeu de lumière derrière l'hôtel avec la croix du Christ qui reflète l'ombre de deux croix des pêcheurs à ses côtés lors de la crucifixion(photo)

      En pleine réflexion de poursuivre notre périple pour se trouver une auberge pour coucher.

      Nous avons décidé de poursuivre et avons trouvé une auberge 7 km plus loin fans une petite ville appelée Hospital.      Read more

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    • TravelerSantiago de Compostella
      Day 33

      O Cebreiro

      May 24, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

      Ik had een goede nachtrust gehad en idem start van de dag, ook een stempel gehaald bij een albergue in de stad en toen vertrokken. Ik zou eerst het traject naar Villafranca del Bierzo afsluiten en dan doorgaan met het laatste traject van 208 km eindigend in Santiago de Compostella. En zo geschiedde ten dele. Ik wilde zo ver mogelijk doorreizen.. ik wist ook dat het vandaag een pittig traject zou worden. Daarom had ik de afgelopen dagen extra kilometers gemaakt om een mindere dag te compenseren... en dat was dus vandaag.. tjonge jonge wat een traject. En er waren ook nog eens omleidingen vanuit de overheid en op een gegeven moment kwam ik op een voetgangerstraject (pelgrims) terecht met ontzettende keien, verschrikkelijk, niet te beschrijven maar ik denk dat ik zo'n 6 km over zo'n keienpad met al zijn oneffenheden en ups en downs mijn fiets heb geduwd... ik was kapot toen ik bij een albergue in de bewoonde wereld terecht kwam. Ik vond het genoeg voor de dag maar er waren geen kamers meer vrij dus door naar het volgende dorp op 2,5 km afstand maar wat een traject weer... Ik heb echt een paar keer moeten afstappen omdat mijn benen niet meer wilden en dan is het duwen geblazen. Bij het volgende dorp O Ceibrero was het bij het 3e hotel raak. Een kamer! Snel wasje gedraaid en gegeten en nu op mijn kamer.
      Ik heb ook maar een foto gemaakt van de dag...
      Vanavond goed rusten en morgen kijken wat ik ervan kan maken. Mijn ambitie is zo veel mogelijk km's! Dan kan ik aan het einde van de de trip van morgen iets meer zeggen over de aankomst..
      Het licht gaat nu uit, bekaf..      Read more

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    • TravelerOne More Camino in Spain 2023
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      Day 52

      O Cebreiro, the top of the world!

      May 18, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

      We are here, all assembled, Amr climbed the mountain on foot, I had a lovely taxi ride and Rachel and Richard flew and bussed in from America!! And this is such a great place to meet, and for the third time we are lucky with the weather and have magnificent 360° views. We are now in Galicia, different language (just dialect) and food and wine. And it is colder, Amr didn’t take off his fleece while walking up, and I have kept my jacket on all day. I was the first arrival, getting here by very scenic taxi ride at about 12.30, and I think being early we have the best room as she asked if I’d prefer a matrimoniale bed or 2 beds, so of course I said matrimoniale and it is so nice - on a corner with 2 windows, and reasonable size…she sort of indicated first in lucky, and I do remember other times having 2 beds in a rather tiny room! And Amr arrived at about 1 having left at 8.30 - 4 and a half hours of hard walking! We had a plate of pulpo and a glass of Alberiño to sustain him!

      But of course the highlight of the day is meeting Rachel and Richard!! They had a smooth trip over, as smooth as travel these days can be, and made all their connections and got a bus to here from Santiago airport. They arrived about 2.30 and what a reunion! They have a room next to ours, very handy. They must be exhausted and jet lagged, but we had a ColaCao in our bar, and went walking round this tiny village in case the weather changes tomorrow. It’s not meant to, but you can never tell. So we marvelled at the all round views, and walked even further up the hill to the cross way up high. Lovely views from there.

      Now we are having some downtime till 6.30 when we’ll meet and go to the pilgrim mass with them at 7, and then have dinner by which time I’m sure they will be ready to crash!!      Read more

    • Aussie Brothers’ Camino
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      Trabadelo to O Cebreiro

      October 16, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C

      Elly, our host at El Puente Peregrino, is an excellent and creative cook and she fed us and our Danish friends Penny and Frank a beautiful meal last night. Red lentil curry, Shakshouka, and chocolate brownies all accompanied by vino tinto of course. Elly also left us a basket of goodies for a predawn breakfast.

      Today was another big contrast.

      We spent the first four hours walking up the Valcarce river valley. We walked along the verge of a quiet road which has mostly been replaced by a motorway we could see in the distance. The river in a steep sided valley was rarely more than 20m from our path and it’s sound was a relaxing backdrop.

      We passed through a village every couple of kms and stopped for lunch at Las Herrerías, 12km up the slowly climbing valley.

      In various places small herds of dairy cows grazed in the riverside meadows, their cowbells tinkling peacefully..

      After Las Herrerías the final 7kms to O Cebreiro was dramatically different and physically demanding. We rose 800m in altitude sometimes climbing along narrow rock strewn paths with 13% slope.

      Towards the end of that climb we crossed the provincial border into Galicia, our sixth and last province on this camino.      Read more

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