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I read this Forum after some day of absence, because i enjoyed a couple of rest days in Madrid and, last tuesday, i had my flight back to Pisa.
Back to the job and to all familiar duties, then, and little time to stay connected.
Take good care of yourself, Grace, -just as you're doing right...
Day 30: Villalazán - Zamora
My last day walking Caminos, this year, and it was two days ago (i'm late in writing this post).
After my first Camino in 2009 my goal has not been anymore to get to Santiago: i prefer enjoying my way, either it gets to Santiago or not.
Though when i have to stop...
Day 29: Toro - Villalazán
This one should have been my last day walking as in my plans about this year's Camino i aimed to get to Zamora.
My holiday period lasts till june 6th and, despite i hadn't any drawbacks during my Camino, i knew from the begin i couldn't get to Santiago this year...
Day 28: Siete Iglesias de Trabancos - Toro
Stage a little harder than i thought in advance: in the first 15 kms., and above all in the stretch just after Castronuño, the Camino goes continuously up- and downhill with stretches short but sometimes steep.
Waymarking was good, with two...
Day 27: Medina del Campo - Siete Iglesias de Trabancos
A rather short and easy stage in a day with a good weather for hiking: sometimes sunny, sometimes cloudy, always a light and fresh wind.
Stage well waymarked;
the town of Nava del Rey well positioned after 15 kms. from the starting...
Sometimes i take strange decisions.
I didn't want to stay in the monastery just because i guessed i had to ring the bell everytime i went back to the room, just as in another monastery i stayed in a couple of weeks ago.
I know it's a very strange reason why...
:-D
I'm italian but when i was in my 20's (it was "only" 30 years ago...) i spent 8 months in the Netherlands in order to improve my experience in the cultivation of cutflowers, that was the economic sector where i worked then in Italy, where my family had a farm.
Despite the lessons were in...
Yes, that Albergue!
It's basic but clean and comfortable and the sleeping room is very spacious, if compared to other albergues i slept in this year.
It's a pity there's not a kitchen, but the rest is good.
Tot ziens!
:-D
I knew about that bar but unfortunately it was monday: nust tbe day of the week when the bar is close!
:-(
Thus i had lunch in the restaurant in the gas station just outside the village; later in the afternoon i had a coffee in the bar just downhill the Ayuntamiento and found them very kind as...
Heet je Nel?
(ENG: Are you Nel?)
;-)
In the register there is a Nel from the Netherlands that found it fine to have had the opportunity to sleep here for a night ("Wat fijn dat ik hier een nachtje mocht slapen!").
It was on april 6th and the begin of april could be compatible with your memory...
P.S.:
i also found the registrations of Laurie ( "Peregrina2000") on may 29th 2013 (exactly 4 years ago!) and of Mr. Alan Sykes on december 8th 2014, that could be the user Alanskyes in this forum!
:-D
Albergue municipal of Siete Iglesias de Trabancos: numbers of pilgrims sleeping in the hostel:
TOTAL NUMBER OF PILGRIMS / YEAR
2012: 128
2013: 131
2014: 119
2015: 128
2016: 132
2017: (46)*
(*updated on may, 29th)
AMOUNT OF PILGRIMS IN THE PERIOD...
Being alone today in Siete Iglesias de Trabancos (where i arrived too early) and having nothing better to do, i noticed in the sleeproom of the albergue the register of pilgrims who slept here in the past 5 years and half, as this register starts from january 1st, 2012.
...so i began counting...
Day 25: Arévalo - Medina del Campo
33 kms. under a cloudy sky that made the march very easy, as the temperatures were fresh all along the day.
The stage is very easy and comfortable; the last village before Medina del Campo, about 11 kms. to the end of the stage, has its bar open: it's the...
Day 24: Gotarrendura - Arévalo
An average-distance stage in a hot day, but it didn't matter to me as i started walking before 6 A.M. and did half of the stage before sunrise or, anyway, before the sunlight was strong.
In the first half of the stage we go through 3 little villages, but it was...
Day 23: Ávila - Gotarrendura
A short and easy stage i started early to avoid the heat, as a heatwave has reached most of Spain, with summer temperatures.
Starting early means that all the bars of the places i passed by during the stage were still closed, as they open usually at 11 A.M.
I had...
Day 22: resting in Ávila:
just two more considerations
1) while yesterday we were just two pilgrims sleeping here in the albergue of Ávila, tonight we are 8!
Besides me there are the 4 french pilgrims and the italian i slept with in Torrijos, one spanish cyclist and another pilgrim from...
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