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After a smooth and uneventful flight from Chicago to Madrid on Iberia, the last three days we have been doing some sightseeing in Salamanca and Zamora, and our days have been sunny, a little cool and not a cloud in the sky.
We took the train from Madrid to Salamanca and its historical area is...
After 13 days of walking I've finished my 337km walk on the Camino Sanabres, and my entire 1400km walk from Almería. Yay!
If anyone's interested in a day-by-day report, you can find it on my Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/karol_vloe?igsh=MXJ6d2Y0b3NkZmVwbw==
Just look for posts San (or...
I am posting daily blog style updates on Facebook that anyone can see and follow:
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There are also video format stories visible on both Facebook and Instagram (stories auto-delete after 24h)...
Trail from Santiponce to Guillena is totally underwater. as was local road. Only option was highway that you can't walk on. Nice man gave us ride around for 15 euros.
After Olleros de Tera at one point you will come to a crossing where there are two arrows. One pointing to the road and one pointing straight on into the greenery. If you have the Via de la Plata Guide app then the camino route will show as the one that goes off into the greenery and on the road...
After 16 days of walking (plus another three days to explore Salamanca and Zamora) I've finished my walk on the Vía de la Plata and am now continuing on the Camino Sanabres.
If anyone's interested in a day-by-day report, you can find it on my Instagram...
Hey folks.
I started the Mozarabe from Almeria and took time out in Salamanca to do a 3 week Spanish course in USAL.
The course was fine. 4 hours a day. For the first week we had an excellent teacher for the first 2 hours, followed by a practice class of 1 hour that wasn't so great, and an...
Hi currently on the vdlp and thought following might be useful to others. I’m only on day 3 so will try to update from time to time.
Have stopped in Guillena, Castilblanco de los Arroyos and Almaden de la plata. Mix of private and municipal albergues all been good. Obviously open now. There are...
And so it begins, waiting in an empty airport for my 6am flight to Madrid!
They have moved the desirable seats that are close to the power points, from last year, so base camp is now next to the travelex counter!
Excited to get started, I can almost feel that Galician rain!
If everything goes...
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