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Camino – Day 13
Camino - Day 13 All in all it was a fairly unpleasant day. I left the very pleasant Albergue Santa Fe in Cardeñuela Riopico at about 7:30am with clear skies and cool temps. The first few kilometers took me along a country road with roosters crowing and church bells...
How Do You Walk the Camino?
¿Cómo se come un elefante? ¡Un bocado a la vez! ¿Cómo se hace el Camino de Santiago? ¡Un respiro, un paso, una sorpresa, un pueblo, un albergue, un día a la vez! ¡Y siempre con...
Camino – Day 12
Camino - Day 12 This has been a lovely, interesting, and varied sort of day, with several surprises along the way. I stepped out of my very comfortable alberge in Villafranca Montes de Oca decked out in my rain gear and headed up the path (with “up” being the...
Camino – Day 11 (a day of rest)
Day 11 Yesterday I landed in a really lovely and peaceful alberge, and quickly decided that today would be a good day for a rest. It turned out to be a profoundly good day to stop and simply be present where I am. I wandered down to the village to have lunch and...
Camino – Day 10
Day 10 Yesterday was a funky day in which I spent much of it feeling sad and crabby and a bit off. It ended in an alberge that was marginal at best, complete with a woman running the place who was even crabbier than I was feeling. That actually snapped me out of my...
Camino – Day 9
Day 9 It’s been a challenging day. I’m tired. My feet hurt (for the first time since I started). I walked further than I intended to. It was a day of saying goodbye - to new friends, and to the vineyards that have filled the countryside for the last couple of days....
Camino – Day 8
Day 8 Another lovely and relaxed day. Probably my last day of walking with Sally, and possibly the last with Charlotte as well. What an unexpected and delightful surprise they have been. I am so grateful for this new friendship. We walked from Navarrete to Azofra...
Camino – Day 7
Day 7 Some days I am overwhelmed with awe and gratitude, surrounded by amazing beauty and experiences. Today was a bit more of a slog. I was sharing the day with new friends Sally and Charlotte, who are easy and fun to be with, and our pace is very compatible. So...
Camino – Day 6
Day 6 An easy day - breakfast at the alberge, departure by about 8am, 19km walk from Luquin to Torres del Rio. Arrived about noon. Checked in to the alberge (La Pata de Oca). Went find a cerveza and some lunch, followed by an easy stroll around the pueblo and...
A Week Ago Today…
A week ago today I left my home in Colorado and set off for Spain to walk the Camino de Santiago. I was excited and a bit anxious. I had some ideas about what awaited me and mostly knew that I had no clue. And I was correct on both counts. Looking back now over...