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Started off in Pilgrims hostel in Irun 7/4/24 hostel was about 70% full , but everybody was walking the Norte. Consequently I am truly solo on this Camino. Just arrived in Andoain stay at the Donation albergue ( pick up keys from municipal police...
It is certainly a very picturesque and spectacular trail with mountain sightseeings that goes through the deep Basque Country. Saiatz is an ancient pilgrimage route but very few do it nowadays...
A few photos from the day. Mud would prove to be our greatest enemy over the next couple of days. The last photo in this group shows a 'trillo', a device used within living memory for threshing grain. It looks somewhat like a large wooden...
Day 6 - leaving Irun
Let me just say that I am deeply impressed by those who manage to knock out the first 'official' stage from Irun in one day. I was forewarned that it was surprisingly up-and-down - what the Spanish would call a...
Day 1
Bayonne - Guéthary
Tempĕte Louis - it's always good when a storm has a name - it adds a certain gravitas. Little did we know, when we set out on our first day's walking that we were going to have a monstrous weather day. I had been...
So, these are, from left to right: Tour LeRoy in Caen at first light; the cathedral of St-Gatien in Tours; the Loire, Tours; miserable weather at a pit-stop on the way to Bayonne; the River Adour in Bayonne; St. James in the Sacristy of the...
A good week after my planned start date, I am finally here in Bayonne, with my very old friend, who shall be A in this thread. We have had quite the adventure in even getting to the start of our walk. My journey started in the peculiar capital...
I walked the Viejo/Olvidado last summer. From Miranda de Ebro to Aguilar de Campoo had me saying "wow" outloud, daily...if not several times per day! Canyons, great paths, wonderful villages, waterfalls, ancient roads, I could go on and on. I...
I haven't been to a Michelin restaurant in SS but have been to 2 in/near Bilbao. Both times I was surprised by how casual the other diners were dressed. I went for smart casual the first time then looked over and noticed the folks in the table...
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