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Torres del Río

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    • Day 10

      Tag 10 von Los Argos nach Torres del Rio

      May 11, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C

      Der heutige Tag war zur Erholung. Erst 9 km gehen und im Anschluss einfach mal entspannen. Im Pool die Füße baumeln lassen und 1 schönes kaltes Bier genießen. Morgen geht's nach Logroño das sind dann wieder 20 km. Ich denke der Heutige Tag hat mir und vor allem meinen Füßen gut getan.Read more

    • Day 22

      21. Etappe: Torres del Rio (27 km)

      November 17, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

      Der Start hätte heut nicht besser sein können: nach 2 km gabs erst mal nen Vino, morgen halb 9 🍷🙈 Die Weinkellerei Bodegas Irache bietet neben einer Wasserquelle tatsächlich auch eine Weinquelle an - das konnte ich mir natürlich nicht entgehen lassen! Wasser hab ich aber auch nachgefüllt 😉
      Heut hab ich dann mal ne Variante ausprobiert und den hügligeren Weg durch den Wald genommen - das hat sich wirklich gelohnt, tolle weiche Wege (perfekt für meine Blasen-geplagten Füße) und dazu noch ne tolle Aussicht. Und auch sonst war der Weg toll und es gab viel Sonne - ganz entgegen des Wetterberichts, der gestern noch ganz viel Regen prophezeite. Nur windig wurde es zum Ende, so dass ich ganz froh war als ich mein Ziel erreicht hatte. Ich ging aber noch ein Stück weiter, vorbei an der sehr werbeaffinen Herberge zu einer kleineren in der Stadt und nach und nach treffen auch noch weitere Pilger ein. Heut Abend gibts Paella und ich bin schon sehr gespannt! 😋
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    • Day 4

      First coffee today

      July 20, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C

      It’s not an easy day, but the weather promises to be more acquiescent to the walk with a max of 30°C. Today I am finishing my walk through Navarra and am entring La Rioja tomorrow, wine country.

      Getting a tortilla con patatas and a cafe con leche is the best fuel for the 600 meters of altitude I will be scaling over the coming 9 kilometers.
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    • Day 13

      Albergue Sansol

      August 28, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 90 °F

      We made it to Sansol around 12:30, today it's hot, 90 right now, we walked 13 miles, not alot to look at as we are trying to get done walking before too hot. Got a nice shower, and time for tapas and cervezas. We did almost get ran over by 3 flocks of sheep/goats today.Read more

    • Day 39

      Logrono

      May 30, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

      Today I set my sights on Logrono, a bus ride from this beautiful Palacio. I go to "Winederful" hostel there for three days while I explore the museums, churches, art of the city. In the heart of wine country, there are plenty of day trips to the vineyards but I'll be doing my trip to an olive Grove.

      Once arriving here at Logrono and a two km walk from the bus...and Two hours waiting for the albergue to open at 3pm so now in my sleep pod. Very clean sheets, pillow cases and towel at 30 euros a night.. logrono is a huge town, city really so after a rest I will go explore....

      So, I got lost with another two hours out of my day I bought some food to prepare dinner after finally making it back. One of the other walkers had a good laugh at my bad luck so passing her on my way in she took my advice and was back at the hostel in ten minutes, still laughing at my sense of geography! She is Donna from the gold coast in Australia!
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    • Day 12

      Day 8 - To Lograno

      October 7, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 57 °F

      Beautiful 16km hike to Logroño thru amazing verdant fields of olive trees and vineyards. We had a fantastic “pincho’s ” (tapas) in Viana. We absolutely loved Logroño and got in early enough to drop Agnus and Genevieve and explore the city. In our traditional form, we walked with no plan and explored the city, shopping , eating and drinking and ended up in the midst of a football celebration enjoying pinchos up and down the streets. We had time for a short nap, and had dinner reservations at a Michelin star restaurant called Sabores (at 9 pm) with our new Camino friends, Tanya and Bobby from CA. An amazing day all around.Read more

    • Villatuerta to Torres del Río

      September 20, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C

      Up early to beat the heat we were on the hoof by 6:20am, which is 90 minutes before dawn. Our destination was about 25km ahead.

      It was deliciously cool walking at that hour but also pitch dark. John has a headlamp so we were able to see the track into Estella. It was an easy walk, we were there in an hour and were across town by 8am, where we stopped for coffee and croissants.

      Not far out of Estella is the monastery of Irache. They make wine there and offer it free to pilgrims through a tap in the wall, along with fresh water for those disinclined to drink red wine at 8:30am.

      Kevin had a sip and added a few drops to his water bottle for a hoped-for medicinal effect. The wine quality was a tad below that of the $1.29 bottle featured in yesterday’s photos.

      From there it was a quite gradual climb to Villamayor de Monjardín. We stopped at the cafe a bit short of there in Ázqueta for an excellent pair of boccadillos and a cold drink. Also a boots off airing of the feet which seems to be a best practice for long distance walkers.

      From there it was a long hot, mostly shadeless downhill into Los Arcos, with a food truck a few km short of town where we stopped again to drink something cold and air the feet.

      We had been unable to find a room in Los Arcos so we phoned for a taxi on arrival which delivered us a few km up the track at Torres del Río where we have a private twin room for the night.
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    • Day 14

      Villamayor de Monjardin and on to Sansol

      September 13, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

      Day 10 Villamayor de Monjardin and Day 11 in Sansol - From Estella to Villamayor was a nice 11 mile walk past the Iratxe monastery, on the side of which is a popular fountain that dispenses water and/or red wine. I could only take a sip of this - too vinigery for my taste!
      Villamayor is a small town and I stayed at a wonderful Albergue run by volunteers from various countries - a German, 2 Italians, 2 Dutch and 3 Americans. I stayed in a dorm with bunk beds with 2 Korean women, one Swedish girl and one Canadian man who snored all night! But the dinner was amazing! The volunteers set up tables on the terrace overlooking the Romanesque Church and distant vineyards. 21 pilgrims and 8 volunteers from about a dozen or more countries ate under a sky threatening to rain, along with the thunder and lightening! Managed to finish before the heavens opened up to pour out the much needed rain.
      Soon after dinner we were invited to a meditation and prayer session. We came together in a low cavernous room set up with low sofas and cushions and dim lights. Mint tea was served. After some spiritual mumbo-jumbo and meditation we sat around and everyone recounted experiences on the Camino. It was very nice, peaceful and very, very friendly - a special Camino experience.
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    • Day 5

      5. DAY | 20 km

      May 3, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C

      Das wahre Leben ist hier...

      Der gestrige Abend hat mir Emotionen geschenkt die einem Film gleich waren und wenn ich auch das erste Bild von heute morgen anschaue, muss ich mir eingestehen dass mich dieser Tisch mit den Stühlen einwenig an "La Casa de Papel" erinnert. Dort wo ein Abend vorher noch alle gelacht, gegessen und über das Leben erzählt haben, ist plötzlich alles leer weil jeder weiterzieht und seinen Kampf antritt. Hier unterstützt sich jeder gegenseitig, man redet miteinander ohne sich zu kennen und zwei simple Worte wie "buon Camino" haben eine Macht über einen die unbeschreiblich ist. Ganz ehrlich ? Eigentlich müsste man auf dieser Welt als Begrüßung genau diese zwei Worte nutzen, denn stellt euch vor, jeder würde euch jeden Tag einen guten Weg wünschen. Ich vermisse kein Instagram oder WhatsApp weil ich mich in dieser Realität wohler fühle. Du achtest hier nicht auf dein äußeres und wenn du ein Kompliment bekommst, basiert es auf deine Inneren Werte was viel wertvoller ist. Du handelst nach dem was dein Körper sagt, schützt ihn viel mehr, weil du jede Entscheidung frei treffen kannst.

      Ich habe jeden Tag während dem Camino unzählige Gedanken die ich nur teilweise in diesem Tagebuch festhalte, also stellt euch vor wie mein Tagebuch der Gefühle aussehen muss.

      Heute bin ich gestürzt aber macht euch keine Sorgen, mir war klar dass das hier kein Spaziergang wird aber was dir der Camino nimmt gibt er dir dreifach zurück!

      Auch wenn ich niemanden via Telefon höre, ihr wart noch nie so laut in meinem Herzen wie ihr es gerade seit.
      Hier ist man nie alleine und wenn du es sein möchtest was du solltest ist immer jemand hinter dir oder vor dir!

      Elli

      La vita reale è qui...

      La serata di ieri mi ha regalato emozioni da film e quando guardo la prima foto di stamattina, devo ammettere che questo tavolo con le sedie mi ricorda un po' "La Casa de Papel". Dove una sera tutti ridevano, mangiavano e parlavano della vita, all'improvviso tutto è vuoto perché tutti partono per la l'oro strada iniziando la sua battaglia. Qui tutti si sostengono a vicenda, ci si parla senza conoscersi e due semplici parole come "buon Camino" hanno un potere indescrivibile. Sinceramente? In realtà, in questo mondo, si dovrebbero usare proprio queste due parole come saluto, perché immaginate se tutti vi augurassero ogni giorno una buona strada. Non mi manca Instagram o WhatsApp perché mi sento più a mio agio in questa realtà. Qui non si presta attenzione all'aspetto esteriore e quando si riceve un complimento, si basa sui valori interiori che hanno molta più importanza. Qui ascolti di più il tuo corpo e gli dai ciò di cui ha bisogno perché puoi decidere liberamente non hai nessuna pressione.

      Ogni giorno, durante il Cammino, ho innumerevoli pensieri che tengo solo nell mio diario delle sensazioni, quindi immaginate quande emozioni coltivo dentro di me.

      Oggi sono caduta, ma non preoccupatevi, sapevo che non sarebbe stata una passeggiata, ma quello che il Camino ti toglie, te lo restituisce triplicato!

      Anche se non sento nessuno al telefono, non vi ho sentito mai così forte nel mio cuore come in questo momento. Qui non si è mai soli e se si vuole, come è giusto che sia, c'è sempre qualcuno dietro o davanti !

      Elli
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