September 16, 2016 The day started well for me even though I did not sleep more than four hours due to the jet lag with the nine hour difference. I was pretty exhausted and had no problem falling asleep but woke at 4:00 AM hungry. I figured I'd just get up early and have plenty …
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Trekking the Camino Via de la Plata, September 14/15, 2016
Hello Everyone, This is my first post for my Camino de Santiago trek on the Camino Via de la Plata, starting in Seville, Spain, to Santiago, Spain. It will be approximately 630 miles, depending on which Camino I will take once I get to the town of Zamora. At that point I will either connect …
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Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday, June 22, 23 & 24, Epilog of My Tek on the Camino de Santiago Compostela
After a restless Tuesday night of sleep in our hotel I felt a little lost getting up so late after all those early to bed early to rise mornings getting ready for the day's trek. Our hotel was in the desirable part of the cathedral area and it was a buzz of activity all night …
Tuesday, June 21, Day 30 on the Camino
Wow, today we did it! We trekked 24 miles (39 kilometers) on the Camino to our goal and finish at Santiago de Compostela! We had not planned to finish today and had originally planned to trek less than twenty miles and stay at an albergue just outside of town. We were then going to …
Monday, June 20, Day 29 on the Camino
Today we trekked about 18 miles (29 k) to the town of Arzua. I call Arzua more of a town because most of the city we traveled through was more modern with newer buildings and houses, and a small older city center. It was also one city that didn't seem to have a beautiful large …
Sunday, June 20, Day 29 on the Camino
Today we trekked about 21.6 miles to the village of Palas De Rei. Our day started out nice as the view from our room window told us it would be the first clear day in four days. As it turned out it was clear and warm all day. Because our albergue was off the main …
Saturday, June 18, Day 28 on the Camino
Today was one of our longest days and we trekked more than we wanted at about 23 miles to little community of Morgade. It is not really a village and just a few houses and luckily the albergue we are staying at for the night. This morning it was cold and the ground was …
Friday, June 17, Day 27 on the Camino
Today we made it to the village of Triacastela, population of 900. We trekked about 20 miles today and it was a challenging day. Woke up at six and I could hear the rain! Rain or shine we said, so here we go. We left our cozy little house and walked the half block to …
Thursday, June 16, Day 26 on the Camino
Today we trekked about 20 miles and made it to the little village of Ruitelan,population of less than one hundred. It was much later and longer than we had wanted to go because we had difficulty find a place to stay for the night. I hit up at six this morning and it was raining. …
Wednesday, June 15, Day 25 on the Camino
Today we trekked about 19 miles (31 k) to the city of Cacabalos, population of 5,500. Our day started out with some hesitation as the sky was dark with low clouds and the ground was very wet, but it wasn't raining. With rain threatening it was tempting to stay in our nice room one more …
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