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    • TravelerWalka'bout thru Spain & Italy
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      Day 24

      Day 20 to Hospital de Orbigo

      July 13 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 22 °C

      Back on trail with fresh legs and another milestone crossed. We have walked/hiked 300 MILES!!!! I know we have been walking and hiking because of all we've seen and done, but when I see the #, I can't rationalize it. William says it's 285 miles to vegas... we've just passed that since we're currently at mile maker 310. I'm so thankful 🙏 to our God for all our blessings that were sent our way so that we can be out here doing this pilgrimage. But also grateful for my body. For all that I ask it to do every day. For all that I put it thru. It rises to the occasion and far exceeds it.Read more

    • Camino
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      Day 29

      Day 27 - Villar to Hospital de Orbego

      September 9 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C

      As you can tell, Teresa is much better at spelling the names of the towns than I am. I'm just going with the flow.

      A short day today, only 10 miles, so we took our time at breakfast and lunch. We visited with our camino friend Denise and then went to our albergues for an easy afternoon.
      This is a cool little village. They have a medieval festival in June where they celebrate jousting. As you come into town, you cross a bridge and the jousting grounds.

      Tomorrow is another shorter day to Astorga, where we're going to take another rest day before some mountain stages return.      Read more

    • TravelerCAMINO 2023
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      Day 23

      Hospital > Murias

      October 23, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C

      Getting far too lax about this walking business - left at 10am and even had a mid-way beer stop 😂 And as iff after a loong sodden stretch a tent just materialised with a fire and a whole donation-based FEAST laid out! Had a bowl of two types of fancy granola with coconut and rice milk. Would have squeezed my own orange juice but my hands were so numb didn't think I'd have the motor function. Then conquered the most fun bridge so far - basically a rollercoasterRead more

    • TravelerCamino
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      Day 35

      Hospital de Orbigo to Astorga

      October 8, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C

      What a difference a day makes!
      After yesterday's boring slog, today was a different walk entirely.
      The wonderful man at our hotel provided us with a simple breakfast ( usual croissant but heated!) Coffee and orange juice and off we set again to a beautiful morning. With the sun rising behind us the light was warm and almost casting a reddish hue. All the fatigue of yesterday's walk forgotten. As we were leaving a hard case Irish woman asked us if we were shaking in our boots referring to the big win Ireland had over Scotland. We replied cheekily that we were not a bit worried!
      A German girl from Berlin walked with us for awhile and everyone in good spirits. We saw livestock for the first time in a while and even cows that had been milked and goats and a few cattle. One village we passed through had a group. of men and their beagles getting ready for a pig hunt . We were just pleased it wasn't something out of Hunger Games! Lee in his orange top would have been a target!
      The country was undulating hills and had some lovely shade at times from groves of holm oaks and other vegetation. The villages we passed through seemed more affluent then the dire ones of yesterday and the odd new house had been built and even some rose gardens.
      We had coffee in a plain cafe after about 15 km and soaked up the Sunday morning atmosphere with locals enjoying the cafe culture. In the middle of nowhere there was a stall of food and coffee and for a donation we could help ourselves. The lovely German girl running it was shelling chestnuts and then going to make praline. She had a gorgeous big mastiff dog who had to be tied up as he would follow pilgrims to Astorga. The girl had a slight bohemian persona and was going to stay all winter there in a caravan. Apparently it gets downto -10 in winter.
      Today was 28 C.
      On we walked and the day was getting hotter but far in the distance we could see the city of Astorga with the Cathedral standing out against the blue sky.
      After a bit of a hot walk through the pavements of Astorga we came to Wendy's hotel and 3 gorgeous woman were there to greet us. The reception lady used Google translate to give us all the info and couldn't have been more helpful even finding a bed for Bill tomorrow night in Foncebadon. The rooms are great and we even have a sofa, a rare luxury. When we told them we didn't want
      breakfast in the morning as we wanted to get away early, the ladies were most upset so talked us into staying for that.
      Then it was down to the square near the cathedral and it was buzzing with all the locals out in their finery enjoying long lunches.
      There is a big Gaudi influence here and of course the magnificent Cathedral which dates from the 15th century. We have yet to visit the cathedral as the pull of beers rose and food overtook us.
      So now it is rest time and we will venture out in the early evening to explore this pretty city.
      We also need to attempt to vote but proving harder then we thought.
      Love all your messages and support and it seems a long time for you to be following this adventure. We are still laughing though and enjoying the slow pace of life where all you are worrying about is the path ahead of you. 262 km to go and have walked 528 km.
      Buen camino      Read more

    • TravelerCamino
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      Day 27

      Day 26, Mazarife to Hospital de Orbigo

      June 18, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C

      Today life really felt like a bowl of cherries! Or a hatful - picked by our fellow pilgrims in the garden of our lovely albergue. On the Camino people are always saying it’s about the journey, not the destination. However, today it really was the destination which made this day so very special.
      We arrived at our albergue and were greeted with a cup of delicious herbal tea (the herbs grown in the garden). Lunch involved a lot of ladder-climbing in pursuit of the ripest cherries and was a social, happy affair. Fiona and I had bought gazpacho and were eating it when our fellow pilgrims joined us, shared our crisps and provided hatfuls of cherries.
      Later in the afternoon a fellow guest led an hour- long yoga session (with a little help from Fiona). And before dinner we were treated to a ‘sound bath’ held in honour of the founder of the albergue who died a year ago tomorrow. It’s hard to describe what this was - we lay on the floor while someone played Tibetan sound bowls. It may sound strange but it was deeply serene and meditative and felt like another significant spiritual moment on this pilgrimage. Afterwards, he offered to play the bowls on Fiona. I know this sounds stranger still, but a few of us volunteered to experience it too and it was really affecting to feel the music resonate through you.
      Next up was the most wonderful vegetarian meal in the garden polished off with cherry cake. One of the special things about this place is that it is a donativo - you only pay what you can afford for the food. The accommodation cost 13 euros. At the end of the meal the cook talked about the founder and how the three of them who worked with him had set up an association to continue his vision of looking after pilgrims after his death. She cried and was comforted by a lovely German woman called Ramona who had visited in 2016 and remembered him.

      Earlier in the day we had met Ramona, who we’d bumped into a couple of weeks ago and she said she’d had a couple of difficult days, had wanted to return to Albergue Verde today but they were full. When we arrived I asked if there might be a spare bed and they said they had one bed left so I sent her a WhatsApp and reserved it for her. She was delighted and very sweetly, said that we had been her Camino gift today. It was nothing at our end but very satisfying to have helped make someone happy.
      Another bonus today was being introduced to Nick, a vegan chef from Hove, who is helping out here. He shared a vegetarian map of the Camino which has set us trying to book up vegetarian places for the days we still need bookings for.
      Oh, and I have successfully walked without taping up my toes. I took the risk this morning of wearing a new pair of socks or, should I say, gloves for the feet.      Read more

    • shefollowsarrowsCamino Frances 2024
      Day 20

      Hospital del Orbigo

      September 23 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F

      Jeez I missed yesterday blogging!! Not much to report though, except we stayed in a cool little albergue! Our hospitalario was really funny and so happy! We washed clothes in the washer and hung them to dry outside, nice day for it. Drank wine while they dried and met a couple people staying there and had great conversations. Low key days are perfect. I’ll post some photos of the albergue ❤️Read more

    • TravelerCamino Frances, part 2
      Day 8

      La flecha

      May 12 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C

      Sommigen vragen of het lastig is om je route te vinden naar Santiago de Compostela. Het antwoord is "Nee". Er zijn duizenden gele pijlen (flechas) uitgezet over de verschillende camino routes. Vaak eenvoudig van aard, geschilderd op een muur, een paal of op de weg. Soms op een officieel bord. Er zijn zelfs pijlen gemaakt van stenen.
      Je hebt ze in alle soorten en maten en zelfs een blinde zou zo bijna zijn weg kunnen vinden naar Santiago. Buen Camino!      Read more

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    • TravelerJakobsweg (Camino Francés)
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      Day 19

      19. Tag: Léon - Hospital de Orbigo

      July 21 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

      Nach dem Industriegebiet Léons verläuft der Camino durch das Autobahnnetzwerk und über mehrere Kilometer direkt neben der stark befahrenen Landstraße. Schön ist das nicht gerade. Während des Gehens denke ich an die Pilger von früher. An die mit den Kürbisfläschchen und kratzigen Wollmänteln. Die hatten sicher noch schönere Wege. Aber dafür mehr Wegelagerer, wilde Tiere, Krankheiten... naja. Großes Glück habe ich jedenfalls am Nachmittag mit meiner Herberge, denn die ist wirklich schön.Read more

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    • TravelerWalka'bout thru Spain & Italy
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      Day 24

      Part 2 of Day 20

      July 13 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C

      Here are the churches I saw through our 23 mile hike today. I know I have told you how amazing the Cathedrals have been, but please understand that the small simple small town churches are gorgeous too just on a different scale. The smallest one just outside the city of Leon was from 1736. The town where our Alburgue is at is famous for their jousting tournaments back in the day. Their bridge is beautiful, and walking on it as it leads you into town, you feel like you are on a movie set, but then you realize that it all really happened and Knights walked thru the same bridge and fought for their honor.Read more

    • TravelerThe Camino
      Day 28

      Hospital de Orbigo to Astorga

      June 19, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C

      After dragging myself away from Albergue Verde felt like nothing would be the same -
      And it wasn’t really.
      Howver, a lovely walk with increasingly different scenery to our days on the Meseta. More undulating and greener, with more trees and less sky. Weather was mixed, cloudy but warm and then rain as we came into Astorga.
      First coffee was at Santibañez de Valdeiglesias - advised by Cally (from Albergue Verde) that the coffee wasn’t good, unfortunately listened to another guy who said it was fine. It really wasn’t - pretty i drinkable and very expensive.
      High point of the day, apart from the Palacio Gaudi in Astorga, was the donativo rest area run by David between Santibañez and St Justo. Wonderful fruit, and all sorts of other food as well as places to rest. I satisfied my craving for watermelon and also had a banana - just what I needed at that moment. A very generous place driven by love of the Camino.
      Then continued into st Justo, where I went into a farmacia to see if they could give me something to help with my wrist - think I was bitten by something in the garden last night and it has swollen up - a bit like my shoulder did previously. The stuff they gave me in Carrion de las Condes didn’t seem to be working - this farmacia advised something else. So I’m hoping, but it’s still fairly itchy and swollen at the moment.
      Into Astorga, in the rain, over a crazy bridge!
      Astorga seems a bit run down, very quiet and a bit dull.
      Our Albergue is clean but expensive for what it is and have just paid €17 for a plate. Of rice and beans - which seemed expensive. Basically back to 1970’s UK when vegetarians got the main course less the meat rather than an actual meal. It was fine but a bit boring, even when sliced up with loads of Tabasco. And I felt slightly cheated when we had to pay the same as the people eating loads of meat! But you win some, you lose some, and last night was a privilege, as was the donativo rest stop today, so I’m very happy.
      The highlight of Astorga for me is the Gaudi Palacio. Quite astonishing and I could have happily spent hours in there. Another weirdly emotional place for me - he seems to be an architect that has the power to move in an almost religious way - the chapel within the palace filled me with awe - I would come back to Astorga just to be there again.
      Something in the palace made me think of Healah from RAK, who I haven’t heard from for ages, so I WhatsApped her and she wrote back immediately - that too was a gift and very unexpected.
      Also good was meeting the other (all new) fellow pilgrims at dinner and having a drink with Bart (we met at Albergue Verde) in one of the squares.
      Need to go to sleep now as have to be up early to get to Rabanal to ensure we get places at the Confraternity hostel.      Read more

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