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    • Dia 22

      Burgos

      16 de maio, Espanha ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C

      Day 15 Burgos

      A rest day spent sightseeing.
      The Cathedral was first on the list and I simply cannot describe its architecture and beauty.
      Predominately Gothic in style and built by architects and master builders down through the centuries it stands in all its glory and is now a World Heritage Site. Onto the Museum of Human Evolution displaying the findings from archaeological sites and fossils helping us to understand the process of human evolution in Europe over the last million years was quite extraordinary.
      We finished the day with a visit to the Monastery of Santa Maria Real de las Huelgas a convent founded in the 12th Century as a spiritual retreat for ladies in high society. A retreat sounded rather tempting to us. A high stone wall protected the Cistercian Nuns and reminded us of their dedication and solitary life and still operating today.
      Having walked around this beautiful city we retired to the apartment to rest the legs (after 13km) and prepare for tomorrow and the start of the meseta.
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    • Dia 14

      Day 11- Ages to Burgos

      16 de setembro de 2023, Espanha ⋅ ☁️ 72 °F

      We traveled from Ages to Burgos today. It was about 14 miles.. As we were staying out of town, the owner of our hotel for the night drove us back to Ages at 7am for a very reasonable price. He was a very nice guy.

      Our walk started in the dark and for the first time, I was actually cold as it was 58 and windy. The terrain is mostly flat except for this one section with a steep up then a steep down. The steep up went great, the steep down…. Well that was really tough on my knee.
      After that I decided to use the ace bandage I had bought a few days ago and it helped a bit . As the day progressed it was hurting a bit more so I kept adjusting the wrapping to find what would work the best.
      So during one of my wrap sessions a man from another pilgrim group , we had been passing them or them us for the last several days, came over to me and pointed at my knee and then his knee. He had a knee brace on . He does not speak English so I smiled and said yes we both have a knee issue. He took off his pack and rummaged thru it and found an extra knee brace he had and handed it to me! I mean how great is that!
      I put it on and it was a bit big for me but that combined with the ace bandage got me to Burgos. Just a great example of pilgrims on the path together.
      As we were nearing Burgos, CJ mentioned that there was a hospital .25 miles from where we were and he had read a post that it was relatively inexpensive in Spain. He went on to advise that his was the last big city we would be in for awhile and perhaps it was time to find out if something was really wrong with the knee. When did kids get so smart:)
      I walked into the ER, used google translate to communicate my problem. 150 euro price. I sat in the waiting room for 30 minutes and they asked me to come back. Using google translate talked with the doctor. He played around with the knee for a bit and sent me for an X-ray. He walked me to the X-ray center. I sat there for 5 minutes. They came out and said that they need 2 X-rays and the second one would cost more as my fee allowed for one. I said fine. They did the X-rays.
      I was sent back to the doctor in the ER. By the time I got there he had already reviewed the X-ray and said everything is fine it is just inflammation. Gave me a prescription for an anti inflammatory drug, a cream and said get a sports knee brace. He did mention something about rest as well:) I was done in 45 minutes. Went back to the desk to asked how much I owed for the X-ray……13 euro…

      Went to the pharmacy and handed the front desk person my prescription. She walked into the back and came out with the drugs and cream. I used google translate to ask for a knee brace. She came out and measured my knee then walked over to where the braces were , selected the right size, price for all three…29.50 euros…..
      I think they have health care nailed in Spain!!!

      So rest will be rest of today then all day tomorrow then hopefully back on the trail. Will do a bit of sightseeing with CJ tomorrow as he has become a fan of the old churches and Burgos has a very large cathedral.

      Not many pictures today as I was a bit fixated on the knee today

      The Camino sure did provide today. What a wonderful experience!
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    • Dia 15

      Day 16. Burgos

      14 de maio de 2023, Espanha ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

      I had a heavy walking day ahead of me, so I opted for a 6:30 am start. Also, we were expecting rain, forecasted to start at about 10:00 am, so I wanted to get as far as I could before the showers began. For the first 5-6 kms, the terrain was muddy, with a thick, sticky texture that made walking difficult causing a lot of slip-sliding. And the people I met along the way had stayed in the same hotel I was in.
      Once I passed them, I met nobody for the next hour which was very unusual. After that the only person I met was an elderly French man who suddenly popped out of the woods about 50 feet ahead of me. He shared with me that he owned 6 film/sound editing studios in Paris and Biarritz and it was now a family business. He is planning to do the whole Camino at a 12 km/day pace and 15 minutes later I found out why - he had a prostate issue causing a sudden need to pee, so off he went into the woods again. I don’t know what’s going to happen when there’s no woods.
      I continued to the first village, about 12 km from where I started this morning, and there was nothing open, so I continued, but still hardly anybody on the trail. After going through another small village and seeing nobody along the way, I started paying close attention to the signage. We have three ways of assuring we’re on track: yellow arrows, Camino shell, and following other pilgrims. Since there were no pilgrims, I had to pay close attention to the other two. At one point I had not seen another pilgrim for over an hour, but following the arrows led me to path that ended with a T-junction to a busy highway, with no arrow indicating if I should go right or left. Since going right would have had returning to where I came from, I turned left, continuing on a busy highway, but there were no arrows for at least half a km, so I stopped and backtracked feeling I may have taken a wrong turn. One km back, I met two Spaniards , Raphael and Louise (likely misspelled but that’s how he pronounced it) who assured me I was on the right track. Raphael only spoke Spanish, but Louise conversed a little in French. I stayed with them for about 5 kms but difficult for me to maintain their pace.
      The problem with this section is that there are few villages, and Lon stretches without accommodations. I’ve heard of some pilgrims taking a taxi to Burgos to get accommodations, then rehiring a taxi to return them to the same spot the following day. Because of the expense, I’m sure many just stay in Burgos.
      As I got closer to Burgos, I did meet a few more pilgrims, but there was one area where road construction had us pretty close to fast moving vehicles for half a km. Also, we did have to wear raincoats, but only for an hour.
      Overall, I did the 36 km (and a little extra) reaching my hotel by 3:45. Sore feet, but no blisters. The hard part was at the end. I had reached Burgos by km 32, and hoped I was close to my hotel, but Burgos is a big city- took me one and one-half hrs to get there
      Tomorrow I have a free day in Burgos.
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    • Dia 15

      Day 12- Rest in Burgos

      17 de setembro de 2023, Espanha ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F

      This is our first rest day. Was kind of ancy this morning as I was at a cafe and watching pilgrims start their day but now have settled into the day and enjoying the rest and getting used to the knee brace and letting the meds do their thing. CJ and I toured the cathedral and I have a few pics from that. Will spend the rest of the day relaxing as our hotel room is right across from the cathedral and we have a terrace that makes people watching enjoyable. It has been raining a bit and the pilgrims are beginning to arrive in the city. They are a bit soggy:)
      Tomorrow we will start the second third of the journey !
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    • Dia 20

      Day 17 Burgos to Hornillos del Camino

      7 de outubro de 2023, Espanha ⋅ 🌙 52 °F

      We left Burgos just as it was turning light. We came across a very " blingy" mosaic Pilgrim. We are now venturing into a region known as the Maseta....rolling hills and long flat stretches with sparse villages. We walked past a lot of murals in Tardajos and stopped there for brunch. The highlight of the day though was stopping at Ermita de Nuestra Senora de Monasterio, a very small church in the village of Rabe de Las Calzadas. We were given a small medallion around our necks then blessed and hugged by the sweetest little nun...It brought tears to my eyes. We ended the day in a place called Hornillos del Camino, where the owner of a small hostel/hotel picked us up and took us 2.6 k to the village of Isar. Accommodations on the Maseta are harder to come by because the distances are longer and albergues fewer.Leia mais

    • Dia 1

      Burgos

      5 de maio, Espanha ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C

      Wat heerlijk om tijdens je reis naar het begin van je camino de stad Burgos weer aan te doen.
      Ik kwam daar vanochtend rond 10 uur aan met de bus en had een halve dag voordat ik de trein richting Frómista had.
      De kathedraal heb ik dit keer niet van binnen bekeken maar heb een heerlijke grote stadswandeling gemaakt. Mijn eerste tostada ibérico als ontbijt gegeten en lekker de hele stad op mijn gemak vanuit alle kanten bekeken.
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    • Dia 16

      Day 17. Rest Day in Burgos

      15 de maio de 2023, Espanha ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C

      Instead of going for a long walk today, I played the role of tourist. A rest day allowed for the exploration of Burgos, once the capital of old Castile for almost 500 years and home of El Cid, a great Spanish warrior and hero during the 11th century.
      The most prominent structure in Burgos is the cathedral, built in 1221, but not completed until 1567. I did a tour of the cathedral, and as on person commented on in addition to its beauty “this place is a city in itself, with roads everywhere.” It’s that big. It’s known for its spectacular architecture, unique art collection, including paintings, tombs and stained-glass windows. I spent three hours there. I had hoped to see some museums, but they were closed on Mondays.
      I’m going to keep this one short because the photos speak much better than any words I could wield together.
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    • Dia 16

      13 San Juan de Ortega – Burgos

      12 de agosto de 2022, Espanha ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C

      Der Tag heute stand unter dem Zeichen der Erde, besser des Steins, und zwar in seiner dichteren Form, so eine, die viel Widerstand gibt, besonders auf die Fußsohlen. Die haben nämlich heute ganz schön gelitten. So komme ich sehr schnell von dem inneren Erlebnis am frühen Morgen zu der äußeren knallharten Realität.
      Nach dem Sonnenaufgang habe ich schnell einen kleinen Laden gefunden, in dem ich einen als Café verkleideten Kakao – so einen aus einer Maschine, mit der du von Kaffee über Schokolade bis zur Gemüsebrühe alles bekommen kannst – getrunken habe. Aber immerhin: ein Frühstück. Das war auch gut so. Denn jetzt ging es über die Berge bei Atapuerco – das ist da, wo man in den 90er Jahren ein Skelett gefunden hat, älter als ein Neandertaler. Das war ein Weltsensation. Nun begegnet mir schon zum dritten Mal in diesem Jahr die Steinzeit: die Venus von Willendorf im Kunststudium – die Höhlenmalereien in der Grotte Chauvet letzten Monat – und nun dieser alte Vorfahr, allerdings habe ich den nur am Rande liegengelassen. Der Boden war ausgesprochen steinig, so mit kleinen groben Felsen.
      Als die Sonne dann höher stieg, habe ich festgestellt, dass ich meinen schönen Walter-Wanderhut in der Albergue vergessen habe. Er baumelt da wohl noch unter dem oberen Stockbett, wo ich ihn am Abend zuvor hingehängt hatte und noch gedacht hatte: „Vergiss ihn bloß nicht!“
      Oben angekommen hatte ich schon einen wunderbaren Blick auf die Ebene und mittendrin Burgos. Das war um 8 Uhr – da war ich letztlich erst um 2.
      Der Weg schottert sich den Berg runter, kieste sich ein weiteres Stück, bis er sich als Straße mutiert zur nächsten Cafeteria asphalte. Die Straße schlängelte sich durch ein paar Dörfer, überquerte die Autobahn, wurde breiter und breiter – der Anteil für uns Pilger immer schmaler, bis er ganz verschwand. Über Kilometer ging es in großen Windungen an einem Flugplatz vorbei, immer den Blick auf die großen Gebäudeklötze des Industriegebiets vor Burgos gerichtet. Dort angekommen unterhielt ich mich mit einem Mann, der mir entgegen kam, auf Spanglish: „Diez kilómetros á Burgos! –. Where you from? - … fuente, agua …“
      Und tatsächlich: an der Hauptstraße angekommen, fand ich das Schild: 10 km bis ins Zentrum. Und die hatten es in sich: 10 km gerade aus, vier Spuren, Parkstreifen, Fahrradweg – wenig Schatten – und dann diese Betonfliesen, schrecklich hart. Meine Fußsohlen schmerzten bald.
      Es gab keine Bar. Nach 5 km fand ich eine Tankstelle, nach einem weiteren einen McDonalds, den ich links liegen ließ. Dann waren es immer noch 4 km, die nicht enden wollten. (Insgesamt waren es heute 26 km.)
      Also, Burgos, so geht das nicht!
      Auf dem letzten Stück habe ich noch Paul getroffen, ein Franzose aus Angers. Ich habe ihn die letzten Tage schon öfters gesehen. Nun haben wir uns angesprochen und ausgetauscht. Er läuft auch bis Santiago, wir werden uns wohl öfter sehen. Hasta luego – bis später.
      Vor über 20 Jahren war ich schon einmal hier in Burgos, zusammen mit Vanda und den Berghaus-Jungs. Das Kapitel könnt ihr unten in den Fotos nachlesen.
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    • Dia 21–22

      Body complete, mind next

      26 de maio, Espanha ⋅ ☁️ 64 °F

      We ended our 18k walk yesterday at Atapuerco, and due to a mix-up at the Albergue where we reserved dorm beds, we were able to get a small private room at another hostel. Lucky us! Two little beds and a little bathroom in the little town. We met up with our friend glennis from New Zealand and Cheryl and had dinner of bar pizza and wine that the only place open in town. All of the pilgrims were dining there and happily resting after a long walk through the forest and fields.

      Today we are staying in Burgos which marks the first 3rd of the Camino completed. This part is body, and the next we move into the mind as we enter the long walk across the famous mind blowing Mesetta.

      Today I took a zero kilometer day by taxi with my friend from New Zealand Glenys. We went to brunch and toured the famous cathedral museum. Trina made it to our lush hotel after her 20k walk today, and now we are going to go find a place to eat some yummy food in this big city before we head out tomorrow for a long stretch of long days with very few breaks.

      Some pilgrims choose to skip this next phase because apparently the endless fields are relentless because of the monotony and for miles and miles with no services and no shade. We are going to give it a go and have already secured our bookings across the Mesetta until Sunday. Fingers crossed there's no going back now!
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    • Dia 21–22

      Villafranca to Atapuerca

      26 de maio, Espanha ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F

      We left our bunk bed dorm camp in belorado and took a quick taxi to Villa Franca to begin our 18 km walk on Sunday. We started out directly going uphill, luckily this day was going to be mostly a walk through the forest, providing shade after walking for 2 days through fields and sunshine.

      There were several small villages scattered along the walk after the long stretch through the woods, and then more fields.

      As we move further along the Camino we are starting to recognize fellow Pilgrims, quickly able to identify them from their country, Belgium, France, Netherlands, Italy, Israel, Canada, USA, and a large contingency from Ireland! Its fun to talk with each other in many languages while taking a break at the much anticipated bar in each passing village.
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