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This was my husband. So many thanks to all of my fellow pilgrims who stopped to help and to pray and to translate for me.
He was doing what he loved.
Thank you for the news article link.
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I'm losing track of the days.
Uterga to Villatuerta - another day of beautiful weather. A littler cooler than the past few YESSS! I like being comfortable walking later into the day.
I was ready for the steep climb after PLR but forgot...
Ah! But in in Sahagun proper, between the Arco de San Benito and the Rio Cea bridge, there is another monument appearing to compete for the half-way honors! I attach a photo of handsome me posing beside it last October..
This picture is a detail of the south entrance of Santiago cathedral. Look at the Omega and the Alpha: they are in reverse order (omega first): that means that Santiago is not the end, but a new start in your life...
Day 5 Zubiri to Pamplona
The dinner Sara lovingly prepared and served us at Susiea last night was a 5 star marvel! Beautiful fresh salad, local bakery bread, fresh Basque butter, 3 ingredient soup ( one of which was fresh Basque mushrooms), then...
Maybe something like Logroño to Santo Domingo? Many people do that in just 2 days, but it could easily be stretched into 3 or 4 days if you are walking more slowly? Both cities are pretty easy to get to or get back to from Madrid. It's pretty and...
The places that seemed dangerous, but weren't because of careful walking:
The descent into Zubiri
The back side of the Alto de Perdon
The descent to Acebo and Molinaseca...
The place that was dangerous?
The utterly flat sand running track out of...
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I hate to disagree with my virtual buddy Tincatinker, but for many pilgrims the danger is not the disappointment of finding that the Camino is just like home, but that it's so different in so many sweet and wonderful ways that on their...
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