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    LIVE from the Camino Via de la Plata

    I took a cab to the entrance of the park rather than walk along that road, which would not have been pleasant. The park was wonderful. I walked with a couple of Koreans, one of whom spoke Japanese, which I learned after living in Japan for a few years. How did you cope with that insane hill at...
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    LIVE from the Camino Walking the Via de la Plata with New Friends

    Looking forward to reading about your journey. I attempted the Via de la Plata in November. Far lonelier walk than yours. I'm amazed how many people you met. It also got kind of cold and rainy by the time I got north of Merida and eventually I headed to Malaga for pizza and swimming. Maybe in...
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    My VldP celebrity sighting

    When I told this story to a friend of mine, who has written several fiction and nonfiction books, she said that if she ever met anyone in real life who had read any of her books, she would be absolutely flattered and thrilled. (Gerald seemed nonchalant.)
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    My VldP celebrity sighting

    Now that I've got your attention... It wasn't actually on the VldP, and he wasn't a major celebrity. But perhaps he's a celebrity to the people who frequent this forum and have walked this Camino. After ending my walk (for now) in Cáceres, I wondered down to Gibraltar for a couple of days and...
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    Ukrainian flag colors on VdlP guide markers?

    Most of the little concrete posts along the Andalusian parts of the VldP, in addition to an arrow pointing the way, have a yellow and blue rectangle on the front. Those are the colors of the Ukrainian flag. When I first saw these, I thought "Isn't it great that Spain is showing solidarity with...
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    LIVE from the Camino Whew! Finally starting VLDP

    You are good ar reading between the lines, Blister Bill. Yeah, I've lost heart. I think Cáceres will be the end of the walking part of my Camino. I'll take the train to Plasencia and check out my original destination of Salamanca, then return and finish in the spring. Thanks for the...
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    LIVE from the Camino Whew! Finally starting VLDP

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    LIVE from the Camino Whew! Finally starting VLDP

    Day 12: Valdesalor. Today I walked to Alcuéscar, couldn't find a place to stay - the places listed in Kelly's guide had closed - and ended up taking a taxi to Valdesalor. The driver let me out at a place he knew, basically a guy's house with a couple of rooms to rent. I went to buy a sandwich...
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    LIVE from the Camino Whew! Finally starting VLDP

    Day 0 Seville Day 1 Guillena Day 2 Castillo Blanco Day 3 Almaden de la Plata Day 4 El Real de la Jara Day 5 Monastario Day 6 Fuente de Cantos Day 7 Zafra Day 8 Villafranca de los Barros Day 9 Almendralejo Day 10 Mérida Day 11 Mérida Day 11: Stayed in Mérida a day. Roman temples, bridges...
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    LIVE from the Camino Whew! Finally starting VLDP

    Day 0 Seville Day 1 Guillena Day 2 Castillo Blanco Day 3 Almaden de la Plata Day 4 El Real de la Jara Day 5 Monastario Day 6 Fuente de Cantos Day 7 Zafra Day 8 Villafranca de los Barros Day 9 Almendralejo Day 10 Mérida Day 10: This morning, rather than walk 5 km back to the Camino and start...
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    LIVE from the Camino Whew! Finally starting VLDP

    Day 0 Seville Day 1 Guillena Day 2 Castillo Blanco Day 3 Almaden de la Plata Day 4 El Real de la Jara Day 5 Monastario Day 6 Fuente de Cantos Day 7 Zafra Day 8 Villafranca de los Barros Day 8: The word for the day is "mud." No rain, but the evidence of past rain is everywhere. The mud sucks on...
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    LIVE from the Camino Whew! Finally starting VLDP

    North of Salamanca? Congrats, Rita. I'm definitely not catching up to you now. I'm with you, 33+ km is crazy. 20, 22, 25 km at the outside. Looking forward to a rainless day out of Zafra and seeing your posts more often. Maybe I will even see another pilgrim in real life today!
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    LIVE from the Camino Whew! Finally starting VLDP

    Day 0 Seville Day 1 Guillena Day 2 Castillo Blanco Day 3 Almaden de la Plata Day 4 El Real de la Jara Day 5 Monastario Day 6 Fuente de Cantos Day 7 Zafra Day 7: Awakened to pouring rain. The guy downstairs at the bar assures that this weather is not at all typical. Usually it's quite dry, he...
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    LIVE from the Camino Whew! Finally starting VLDP

    Insert clouds, rain, mud and giant puddles and we've got a match. It's pretty flat. You would definitely make good time. Everyone I talk to says this weather is atypical. I feel like Joe Btfsplk in Li'l Abner, the character with a small, dark rain cloud perpetually hovering over his head. Today...
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    LIVE from the Camino Whew! Finally starting VLDP

    Yes, it's the Hotel Fabrica, which seems to be an old factory converted to a vast, empty hotel. Empty except for me, that is. Although there are many rooms, it seems like the main function is nightclub/bar/restaurant. Last night the dance floor was full of women, while the men stood at the bar...
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    LIVE from the Camino Whew! Finally starting VLDP

    Day 0 Seville Day 1 Guillena Day 2 Castillo Blanco Day 3 Almaden de la Plata Day 4 El Real de la Jara Day 5 Monastario Day 6 Fuente de Cantos Day 6: Lay in bed and wrote emails until about 8 am, then wandered downstairs for churros and cafe con leche. A big concrete basin outside had been...
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    LIVE from the Camino Whew! Finally starting VLDP

    That's a wonderful story, Paul. The kindness of strangers. You'll never forget that caballero! I was reading somewhere that we underestimate how memorable to others our acts of kindness are. I'll bet he doesn't realize what an impact he had on you.
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    LIVE from the Camino Whew! Finally starting VLDP

    Oh yeah. Insane. I would count 25 steps and then rest. Again and again, all the way to the top. Quite a finale.
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    LIVE from the Camino Whew! Finally starting VLDP

    You're right. I made a big assumption, possibly unjustified. This is the problem with aging: You evaluate prices based on what was true 5 or 10 years ago. We're in a new world.
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    LIVE from the Camino Whew! Finally starting VLDP

    Now I feel like an idiot. What's the Alto Calvario?

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