Fuente de Cantos to Zafra, 16 miles I was feeling much better and finally had a rhythm going yesterday, and decided to start fairly early every morning. Unfortunately leaving before 7:45 AM means it will still be dark until eight. It was still dark when I left and I began walking with the Frenchman, Guy, …
Category: Spain (Camino Via de la Plata)
CVdlP, Day 8, Monday, September 26, 2016
Monesterio to Fuente de Cantos, 14 miles Today I had decided to get an early start so I could hopefully finish by early afternoon before I started to bad. Had had my egg sandwich from the day before for breakfast and I actually started at 7:45 AM. Unfortunately it's still dark at that time and …
CVdlP, Day 7, Sunday, September 25, 2016
El Real de la Jara to Monesterio, 13.5 miles (or more) Well, I didn't stick to my plan to stay another night! I woke up this morning in a wonderfully quiet room by myself but could hear two Dutch couples making breakfast and talking fairly loud at 6:30 AM. It is usually a rule, and …
CVdlP, Day 6, Saturday, September 24, 2016
Almaden de la Plata to El Real de la Jara, 10.3 miles Even though I got to bed later than I wanted, it was well worth it because I had the chance to sit and chat with a local as he was interacted with the other locals, and even though most of my responses to …
CVdlP, Day 4/5, 22/23 September 2016
Thursday, September 22 Today I slept in to almost 10:00 AM and felt I could have almost slept longer. I wasn't feel great and having made the decision to stay another day was the right one. I stayed in my bed most of the day and sat in the patio to get some time outside. …
CVdlP, Day 3, September 22, 2016
Castilblanco to Almaden de la Plata, 18 miles (maybe?) What a challenging day I had today, almost makes me a little nervous to write about it. I had gone out to diner last night and left the group of people early as I didn't feel well and I wanted to go to bed early. I …
CVdlP, Day 2, September 20, 2016
Guillena to Castilblanco de los Arroyos, 13 miles I had a good night's sleep as I had the room all to myself. I actually set my alarm because everyone had to be out of the albergue by 8:00 AM and I was worried I'd oversleep. Unfortunately it doesn't get light here until after 7:30 AM. …
CVdlP, Day 1, September 19, 2016
Seville to Guillena, 15 miles. Today was my first day trekking on the Camino Via de la Plata and as always I was a little excited and a little nervous. I did really do a lot of research on this Camino and it wasn't until yesterday that I even found a six year old guide …
September 17/18, 2016
September 17, 2016 I woke up late in the morning feeling good because I had a very good night of sleep and I was surprised that I slept over seven hours. Last time I was here it took me ten days to get over my jet lag before I could sleep that much. However, when …
Via de la Plata, September 16
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 …
Ted Trekking 