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- May 29, 2024, 4:56 PM
- ⛅ 70 °F
- Altitude: 581 ft
SpainBasque CountryMorgaMorgaondo43°17’59” N 2°44’22” W
Get Curious
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It was a gorgeous start to the day. I woke up at 6:00 am with everyone in my Albergue and took my time getting ready and left around 7:15. It was beautiful to see the sunrise from the peaceful monastery. Right before I left some of the girls were taking advantage of the aloevera that was growing in the monastery garden. The walk was relatively mellow today. I walked 15.20 miles in 8 hrs.
In the morning I walked past the cutest little house! It had so many little garden art pieces! It had a Snow White and the 7 dwarves in the garden! 💛 Also these adorable pot people, made out of planters, and the most incredible flower bed. 💐 I think in order to live in one of these old houses you have to have a lot of money because they look very difficult to maintain.
I walked in the morning with a new friend Javier. Javier has a very light backpack and I am extremely jealous. It is basically the size of a small day pack. We talked about how the Camino is like a metaphor for life. The more you carry with you the harder you’re walk. Just like like the more baggage you carry in in life the more difficult life can be. Javier and I spoke exclusively in Spanish for 2 1/2 hours. Every day my Spanish is a little better. We stopped to have a coffee together and Javier told me he teaches creative marketing classes in Madrid. He said the most important elements for creativity is to be curious. 🧐 We spent a lot of time talking about creativity. We also spoke about the Camino and Spanish history. In the middle of the day we stopped in Gernika - which is an important city it Spanish history because of a major battle that happened here in 1932 (?).
At 12:00 I stopped at church to eat something, and said goodbye to Javier for the day, but we are staying at the same albergue. I needed to stop to rest my feet. It was nice because I started so early I wasn’t in a hurry! 😏 my lunch spot had a beautiful view of the city of Gernika.
Gernika was fine. Nothing special. 🤷♀️ Not everything can be San Sebastián. Although I did see some very, very, very, very fashionable abuelas out on the town! 💛 #goals!
The afternoon I walked up to my hostel for the night, Pozueta. 32€ for a bed, dinner and breakfast. 🙃 No charge to sit in the garden with the puppy and the chickens.
The walk wasn’t anything special. Just up an old, muddy fire road. Really grateful for my walking sticks! It feels nice to stay out of the “city”. It was lucky that we were a little ahead of the crowd because I got to rest a moment, shower and organize my things for tomorrow.
Many of the people I’ve met this week are only walking to Bilbao, which is tomorrow’s destination. I’m excited to see the Guggenheim Museum tomorrow in Bilbao.Read more