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Napoleon series
The present Napoleon route OVER the Pyrenees mountains to Roncesvalles dates from the French battles of 1813; when it was actually named the Napoleon route I do not know.
Although Napoleon Bonaparte...
18th April, 2024. Day 6, Quatre Chemins to Aubrac, Via Podiensis. Very cold days walking. We woke up to quite a lot of snow on the ground this morning. It was only 3o on the Pharmacy temperature sign at 13.00hrs In Nasbinals!
Snow and sleet...
Camino Frances
Roncesvalles
photo taken January 8, 2010
An ethereal winter landscape was
my aesthetic reward after another solo trek through wind, ice, and snow up the Valcarlos alternate and route N135.
Hi all!
Once again I am heading back to Spain; this time to walk much of the Sanabres with my son; starting in Rionegro del Puente after a few sightseeing days first in Salamanca and Zamora.
I'm hoping for good weather, but I always come...
For anyone around Sevilla, next Saturday marks the end of the annual week long fiesta. I have just had a conversation, as I do weekly (to help her with English), with a friend who is from there. She lives now in Torreblanca, and it pains her to...
Hi! I walked in one of the busiest months last September.
You will meet people when you want to and find solitude when you need it.
Walking from Leon to Sarria i met a few pilgrims on the path; obviously at the end of the day in accommodation...
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