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  1. DanOnTheCamino

    LIVE from the Camino Camino Invierno Walk in January Starting from Ponferrada

    A glorious day in Santiago! The renovated cathedral is amazing! Santiago feels empty. Not many pilgrims, not many shops / restaurants open.
  2. DanOnTheCamino

    LIVE from the Camino Camino Invierno Walk in January Starting from Ponferrada

    We stayed in Pont de Ulla at O Cruceiro. (I have stayed at Outeiro before, yet I didn’t think we’d need the cold foot bath this time of year 😉 ) Apologies for slacking on the photos. Hopefully these will bring a smile.
  3. DanOnTheCamino

    LIVE from the Camino Camino Invierno Walk in January Starting from Ponferrada

    Today’s route - Lalin to Pont de Ulla. The 10th century bridge after A Laxe covered in frost has to be one highlight. And another is that we stopped at cafes in three different towns just because we could - haha (first day we’ve had the option to do so). Great discussions while walking over...
  4. DanOnTheCamino

    LIVE from the Camino Camino Invierno Walk in January Starting from Ponferrada

    Today began with walking towards a setting moon with a rising sun behind us. The sunny weather shone on farmers busy fertilizing their fields. So the views today were grand, yet the scent in the air not always so. :) We decided to take a short day and stop in Lalin. We decided to stay at Hotel...
  5. DanOnTheCamino

    LIVE from the Camino Camino Invierno Walk in January Starting from Ponferrada

    Today’s walk took us from Chantanda to Rodeiro. We passed pastures and crossed through farm towns, we were waylaid by a traffic jam of cows going to pasture down the main road, and we found the café closed. When I asked the farmer across the road if the café would open, he scratched his head...
  6. DanOnTheCamino

    LIVE from the Camino Camino Invierno Walk in January Starting from Ponferrada

    Forgot to say that immigration only asked for QR code, which had to be verified along with my vacc. Card before I boarded my Iberia flight. Only the first albergue checked temperature of arriving peregrinos. Since then, besides a bottle of hand sanitizer and a sign that says “wear your mask”...
  7. DanOnTheCamino

    LIVE from the Camino Camino Invierno Walk in January Starting from Ponferrada

    We couldn’t find the albergue in Monforte de Lemons. (Albergue Santiago is closed until March.) We stopped at O Pincho for some food (around the corner from Alb. Sant.) and the lady serving us said she had a friend with a hotel and wanted to know if she should call him for us. Her friend owns...
  8. DanOnTheCamino

    LIVE from the Camino Camino Invierno Walk in January Starting from Ponferrada

    Not a long post today, because I’m too tired. The council albergue in Brollón was closed because of Covid so we walked the 13+ kilometers more to Monforte de Lemos. I’m glad I’m not walking alone - physically or spiritually. We’re feeling good just tired a B f a flight cough from walking in the...
  9. DanOnTheCamino

    LIVE from the Camino Camino Invierno Walk in January Starting from Ponferrada

    Okay. Thank you.
  10. DanOnTheCamino

    LIVE from the Camino Camino Invierno Walk in January Starting from Ponferrada

    Thank you for the heads up
  11. DanOnTheCamino

    LIVE from the Camino Camino Invierno Walk in January Starting from Ponferrada

    For vegetarians, i’m finding this Camino just like the others. You can have tortilla and salad, but most soups have a meat base, as well as most pincho. I’m sure you could ask for olives or something else as pincho. I have walked both Sanabres and Portugues with vegetarians, whom by the end were...
  12. DanOnTheCamino

    LIVE from the Camino Camino Invierno Walk in January Starting from Ponferrada

    We’re trying to make this 9 etapas instead of 10 so we can have at least one full day in Santiago instead of just an evening.
  13. DanOnTheCamino

    LIVE from the Camino Camino Invierno Walk in January Starting from Ponferrada

    In the winter - if you don’t like a chill in the bones, I’m wondering if privado are a better way to go. (At least this albergue has HOT water, took a looooong hot shower before jumping inside my sleeping bag.
  14. DanOnTheCamino

    LIVE from the Camino Camino Invierno Walk in January Starting from Ponferrada

    Today we walked to Quiroga - another looooong, yet beautiful day! Itinerary is flexible with how we feel, weather, and services along the way. We tried to contact the apartments in Soldon, yet owners never answered. We want to take A short day tomorrow and stay in A Pobra de Brollón. And then...
  15. DanOnTheCamino

    LIVE from the Camino Camino Invierno Walk in January Starting from Ponferrada

    Montefurado was extremely quiet - we saw no one.
  16. DanOnTheCamino

    LIVE from the Camino Camino Invierno Walk in January Starting from Ponferrada

    Going to try for albergues when I can. In Santiago I always go to stay in San Martin Pinario - I’d rather save along the way and splurge to stay there at the end (besides being across from the church, they have a great breakfast included, too.)
  17. DanOnTheCamino

    LIVE from the Camino Camino Invierno Walk in January Starting from Ponferrada

    Vilamartin.
  18. DanOnTheCamino

    LIVE from the Camino Camino Invierno Walk in January Starting from Ponferrada

    I’d be happy to share anything about this walk with you. I know Covid makes things uncertain though, so what may be true in January may not be so in September (as it relates to opening and closures and municipal policies).
  19. DanOnTheCamino

    LIVE from the Camino Camino Invierno Walk in January Starting from Ponferrada

    Another long day of walking to get to a municipal albergue, yet how beautiful to walk through vineyards and along the river. We happened to meet the owner of the vineyard on the way to Barcoa and talk to him about all the terraces he’s developing for future growth. He sells his white wine in 50...
  20. DanOnTheCamino

    LIVE from the Camino Camino Invierno Walk in January Starting from Ponferrada

    Today the sun decided to hide for most of the day 😬 yet it was a great day walking through chestnut groves. We almost walked right past the castle because of the fog. Most of the cafes and hostels are closed along the way because of Winter. The sun came out for the last two hours before sunset...

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