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    • The World is Out ThereCamino De Santiago
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      Day 17

      El Monestario de Samos

      June 4, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 59 °F

      An enormous Benedictine monestary maintained since the 1500s, the buildings burned to the rock walls in 1951. The brothers from the famous Monte Casino house, who had to completely rebuild their house after WWII, joined with the Samos brothers and rebuilt Samos to the present condition. I toured with Brother Anton and three Peregrinos from France.Read more

    • TravelerJakobsweg
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      Day 24

      Samos

      May 16, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C

      Heute Nacht war voll der fette Vollmond und ich total 🥴🥴🥴. Früh waren dann wieder nur Wolken am Himmel, ansonsten hätte man das Naturereignis von Sonne, Erde, Mond mit irgendso Corona 😂😂😂 aber es war gar nichts zu sehen 🤭

      Gestern wurde gesagt es soll schönes Wetter sein und was war, Regen, Regen und Regen und 🥶🥶🥶

      Geschafft hab ich heute gute 27,8 km. Viel auf Schleichwegen und oft durch Wald. Und wie erwartet bergab. Ein paar wirklich schnugelige Dörfchens gab's mit vielen Bauernhöfen und toller Landluft 😳. Ne Wäscheklammer wäre heute echt hilfreich gewesen 😂😂😂😂

      Irgendwann hatte ich zunächst ne Reisebegleitung aus Südbaden und dann kam noch ein lustiger Iraner der in Hamburg lebt hinzu.

      Jetzt hoffe ich das es bald was zu essen gibt.

      Ach menno es gibt frühestens ab 20 Uhr was zu essen um Restaurant.

      Dafür war ich dann voller Verzweiflung und ja soooooo hungrig im lustigsten Supermarkt überhaupt. 😂😂😂 Erst dachte ich Na toll die haben hier ja fast nix, aber beim umher stöbern bin ich dann auf echt interessante Dinge gestoßen und am besten war die Omi an der Kasse. 😂😂😂 Eine seelenruhe, erst gescannt, dann im Computer erfasst und dann nochmal die Preise abgeglichen. Aber total süß 😍 hab sie zum Schluss einfach drücken müssen 🤗🤭🤭🤭😜

      Morgen gibt es dann aber endlich mal wieder was richtiges zu essen      Read more

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    • Camino de Santiago (Frances)
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      Day 49

      Rest day in Samos

      October 15, 2023 in Spain ⋅ 🌧 61 °F

      This was our last rest day until we reach Santiago in seven days. We had a nice breakfast with the Italians and a couple from Texas. We ended up speaking a new language called Spanglishian.

      We toured the monastery which was pretty darn big. I think the monk said it's 14,000 square meters and it was built in the 6th century. They rent rooms to pilgrims but I don't think staying in a monastery is for us.

      We had a long, leisurely lunch because we really don't have anything else to do. After lunch we walked over to a chapel that is next to the oldest cypress tree in Spain which is believed to be 1000 years old!      Read more

    • TravelerCamino Francés 2022
      Day 29

      Foggy start

      August 20, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C

      Today we said goodbye to Klaus, who left early to do a long walk of 30k because he's running out of time.
      Jan and I left after breakfast. It was very foggy outside but we knew it was going to get warm and sunny later.
      The soles of my feet were sore and I had to slow down my already slow speed. Too slow for Jan, so each of us walked at our own pace. We were heading for the same albergue, Casa Barbadelo, about 20k from Samos.      Read more

    • TravelerCamino Francés 2022
      Day 29

      Desperate for a toilet!

      August 20, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

      There were a few small villages between Samos and Sarria (the big town 4k before today's destination), but either they had no facilities at all, or they were closed.
      I needed a toilet and was holding it, wishing for another village with an open bar around the next turn... and prepared to settle for a tall grass patch offering some privacy.
      When I got to an accessible area with some trees and grasses, it was very hard to take position because of the berry bushes, which were full of thorns, so I desisted and kept walking a bit more.
      Then I got to the place in the pictures. It was an albergue and cafe/restaurant, with 'open' signs but no one there. The cafe was clearly closed. The albergue door was unlocked. I stepped in and it was all dark and silent inside. I called 'Hola!' and looked around until I found the toilets. I was saved!
      A hand written note inside the toilet door asked for a 50c donation to help with maintenance costs, and I gladly complied with the request.
      Walking became much easier after that!      Read more

    • TravelerCamino Francés 2022
      Day 28

      The monastery

      August 19, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

      Theresa is spending the night at the albergue within the monastery grounds. I checked the reviews and they were very poor, so went to a private one across the road. J&K came with me.
      Later in the afternoon we did a guided tour of the monastery. Interesting history, there was a fire in 1951 that destroyed a lot of it, so what we see now is the rebuild.
      The paintings are from the 1960s.
      The monk guide only spoke Spanish and my German friends could get very little. The monk gave a lot of info very fast. At the end, I said to the guys not to worry if they didn't understand, because I understood everything but couldn't remember it anyway 🤣      Read more

    • MikkaTo the End of the World
      Day 26

      Samos

      August 11, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C

      Samos is a double edged sword for me. On one hand, it’s a good stop after 20kms downhill that tends to tax my legs more than any incline and it is home to one of the oldest monasteries (and important Camino monastery at that) in Europe.

      On the other hand it’s deader than Kurt Cobain. The only restaurant in town opens at 8:30pm, there is little to no shady rest anywhere, and the populace is very rural agrarian, meaning few bars.

      At least there’s a supermarket, so bread and cheese are an option. But it’s not ideal, which is why most pilgrims take the shorter route over San Xil to Sarria on this leg.

      I wanted to see the monastery and so I am here, sweaty, hot, hungry, and bored. Thank Zuck for the Internet.      Read more

    • Camino de Santiago (Frances)
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      Day 48

      Day 37-Samos

      October 14, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 68 °F

      We were able to sleep in a bit today since we only had 6.5 miles to walk. It was a nice surprise to see so many people we knew at breakfast since I thought they would have left much earlier.

      The weather was mild and no rain was forecast. The trail went up and down but nothing too steep. Since we weren't in a rush, we stopped midway for a coffee...and sorbet. We walked through a few sleepy towns loaded with chestnut and walnut trees.

      Today's calamity is brought to you by my curiosity and obsession with food. I kept seeing these big bunches of herb-looking plants growing wild everywhere. When I think a plant is an herb, I rub a leaf to smell it to determine what it is. When I rubbed the leaf, I noticed it was fuzzy and then I felt a really painful, prickly, burning sensation in my fingers. I thought I had a dozen splinters in my fingers but Pat said it was probably stinging nettles. I did an image search and, sure enough, that's what it was. It will take a few hours for the pain to completely dissipate. I wonder what mess I'll get into tomorrow.

      As we entered Samos we were greeted with a beautiful view of the 1500 year old monastery. We'll tour it tomorrow on our day off.

      When we checked in to our place, we met an Italian couple. It was fun practicing my rudimentary Italian and I was able to have a 15 minute conversation with them before running out of words.      Read more

    • The World is Out ThereCamino De Santiago
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      Day 17

      Samos III

      June 4, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 63 °F

      A young man from Kansas from the group ahead of us is thinking of a life of religious service. A group of brothers escorted him to the foot of the Virgins statue in the main sanctuary, touched his rosary to her feet and prayed over him.Read more

    • TravelerJakobsweg 2022
      Day 30

      Etappe 25 - Sarria über Samos 1

      October 11, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C

      Gut ausgeruht und mit kleinem Frühstück ging es in die nächste Pilgerrunde.
      Habe heute meinen Weg über Samos nach Sarria gewählt. Der gestrige Regen führt dazu, dass alle Täler völlig im Nebel liegen.
      Der Weg nach Samos ist sehr mit Auf- und Abstiegen versehen. Trotz dass mir meine Knie heute Probleme bereiten komme ich ganz gut voran.
      Ich komme durch kleine, verschlafene und fast ausgestorben wirkende Dörfer, viele Kastanienwälder, als auch entlang kleiner Bäche - sehr abwechslungsreich!
      In einigen Wäldern ist der Boden mit großen Planen bzw. Netzen belegt. Hier werden Esskastanien geerntet.
      In Samos angekommen kann ich vom Berg leider das Kloster nicht sehen, sondern nur die Glocke vernehmen.
      Im Tal ist die Freude groß das Kloster zu sehen und damit das erste Etappenziel erreicht zu haben.
      Es entsteht ein gemeinsames Foto mit Südkoreanern, welche ich seit zwei Wochen fast täglich treffe.      Read more

    You might also know this place by the following names:

    Samos, Սամոս, サモス, Самос, 萨莫斯

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