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4 weeks for meEnvious. I have to wait another 2 weeks!
I had a lovely meeting this morning at the Cathdral with Maggie and her partner. I spent about an hour picking her beautiful brain about the route and they both were graciously patient.
Next a quick stop at the Correos to mail some items to Pamplona.
Then I began walking the 12 k slog through the city, using Google maps. Once I started, I kept my eyes open for Bus #21 which goes directly to the Pension and head of the Camino trail. Finally caught the bus which dropped me off just a few yards past the pension.
This Camino actually begins at a place called Junto de Los Caminos and I had made a reservation at a pension there for the night. The Pension's name is Jose Carlos and you can find it on Booking.com. A single room was €25. The people here are very kind and helpful.
My room is clean and secure and ensuite.
Lunch here is the Menu del Dia (€15) with a great assortment of choices. I settled on a beautiful salad with potatoes, oranges, onions and peppers. Second course was filletes de rosada a la plancha, which I believe is hake. Both were very good. Dessert and wine and bread are included.
I'm now watching the weather and hoping the thunderstorms being predicted will go around me.
I begin walking in earnest tomorrow. For photos, see my blog.
Where you starting from? I start Almeri on 4th.4 weeks for me
Hi, Annie,
So glad to hear you seem to have landed in a sunnier and warmer place than what you might have found in Cercedilla.
Hope to be on that camino in a couple of years, and I will really look forward to hearing how it goes for you. How long do you have to walk now?
Like the others, I wish I were there, too -- these few weeks will really drag, I'm sure. So reading your updates will just have to tide me over. Buen camino, Amiga, Laurie[/QUOT
Now to find my hotel, get a hot shower and explore.
...and if you want to try a local dish, look for a Porra Antequerana. Enjoy!
Wow, that's two days food for meI saw it at the Pollo Asada place but thought I already had way too much food with 1/2 chicken and potatoes for €6.
...and if you want to try a local dish, look for a Porra Antequerana. Enjoy!
Yes, I took half of the meat for tomorrow's lunch. :::laughing:::Wow, that's two days food for me
I am enjoying this SO much! Thanks. Buen Camino!Yes, I took half of the meat for tomorrow's lunch. :::laughing:::
Annie, you are a whiz compared to me.Going to go try to add photos on the other posts on the blog now. Sorry. I'm a bit computer illiterate.
(aren't there things called porras that are like fat churros?)
I think there are several names for these southern tomato soups, Castilian do you know some of the others?
Since I'm sitting in an airport with a multi hour delay, I can at least try to be helpful. According to the website, http://caminosantiagoandalucia.org/wordpress/albergue-de-peregrinos-de-villanueva-de-algaidas/ there are 14 beds. That ought to handle the traffic!
You're already on the way??? Aren't you starting Ebro the same day as I, May 18th?Since I'm sitting in an airport with a multi hour delay, I can at least try to be helpful. According to the website, http://caminosantiagoandalucia.org/wordpress/albergue-de-peregrinos-de-villanueva-de-algaidas/ there are 14 beds. That ought to handle the traffic!
Laurie, you ROCK! Where you goin
You're already on the way??? Aren't you starting Ebro the same day as I, May 18th?
Anyway, have a great time
So, Annie, can you give us a comparison between porra and gazpacho? Looks much more like a puree than a typical gazpacho. But it also looks quite refreshing -- is it served cold?
View attachment 25532 Well, I just had my second negative pilgrim experience in two days and I've decided I may just walk in silence.
Yesterday it was the older gentleman pilgrim who hated all French pilgrims. We listened to his vitriolic mumbling until I finally escaped.
Today, I was looking for the way out of the village for tomorrow's exit. I had dropped by the Albergue to see how many pilgrims were there and to ask the priest the way out, but he was not there. I asked a Dutch pilgrim and she indicated we must walk back the way we came.
That didn't seem right and so I checked at the T.I. where the nice lady drew me an excellent map. I followed the map and voila! There was the route. I took a photo of the waymark.
I went back to the Albergue to tell them I found the way and was met by a French man who informed me he had walked the Camino five times, that I was wrong, that Americans were ruining the Camino (even though he had walked five times), that there were more Americans than any other nationality on the Camino, and that we always thought we were right!
Well,shut my mouth!
I showed him the photo of the waymark and tried to explain but he loudly talked over me and said we Americans were ruining the spirit of the Camino.
Yikes. This will be a person I share the next few nights with?
I think it may be time for me to retire.
I left feeling downtrodden and even more depressed.
Maybe I'm just old and tired but I find myself more and more just wanting to be alone.
It was otherwise a great day. Antequera is a beautiful town.
I'll post more photos on my blog.
Hoping to make Villanueva Algoidas tomorrow.
Annie
Annie,
This your Camino. Don't let someone's bad manners spoil it for you.
I'm sure there will be lots of other fine people that you'll meet along the way.
Go enjoy- remember your on Camino- and consider how lucky you are.
NollaigC
Oh dear I am really sorry to hear of your bad experience, especially as it was a French personNationalities matter so little when we are walking... how rude and uncouth of him.
I hope you have a better day tomorrow and it doesn't put you off all the French
Porros. Oh what difference a vowel can make! Sounds yummy. I must try it if I come across it.Oh, yum. I decided to find out what a Porra Antequerana was, even though I was thinking it was some kind of fried pastry (aren't there things called porras that are like fat churros?). Anyway, Google showed a gazpacho-like tomato-based soup, but with bread in it. I think there are several names for these southern tomato soups, Castilian do you know some of the others?
Annie...stop posting pics of that salad...I'm gonna be licking my screen in a minute!!
I'm thinking about stopping at Lucena. I really want to finish the Madrid route this year and the weather is looking better there. I'll decide tomorrow.
I will be a tourist for a day in Córdoba then head for the last few stages of the Madrid route as planned.
Sorry that the posts will end, but it can be lots of fun to throw in the towel and do something different.Thus ends live from the Malaga Route.
I'm throwing in the towel.
Hugs!I know. I'm just bummed and having a bad moment.
Probably the super perfumed sheets last night have affected my brain
The guy was a total poop.
I'll get over it.
I need to figure out the best way to get to Cignuela from Lucena in the next few days.
Madrid - Valladolid is just 15min by train.
Porra Antequerana is similar to gazpacho, with no water on it. Its like Córdoba,s salmorejo.Oh, yum. I decided to find out what a Porra Antequerana was, even though I was thinking it was some kind of fried pastry (aren't there things called porras that are like fat churros?). Anyway, Google showed a gazpacho-like tomato-based soup, but with bread in it. I think there are several names for these southern tomato soups, Castilian do you know some of the others?
Hi, Annie,
I think it would be best for you to get to Cordoba first. As I see there are hourly buses first to Montilla and then to Cordoba Central. It will takes a bit more than an hour. From Cordoba train to Madrid Atocha (every 30min), change with cercanias to Madrid Chamartin and train to Valladolid from where you can start walking to Simancas or even directly to Cigunuela.
It would take you one whole day so maybe worth thinking of staying overnight either in Madrid or Valladolid. Madrid - Valladolid is just 15min by train.
If you want I can look for details if Whari wouldn't show up soon (different time zone...).
I am not the transportation guru, but here's my two cents.
There are buses from Lucena to Madrid http://www.estacionautobuseslucena.es/mostrar_ruta1.php. (Looks like a long ride, though)
From Madrid to Valladolid, Alsa says there are 50 trips a week: https://www.alsa.es/rutas/madrid-valladolid.htm
There are also very frequent buses from Valladolid to Simancas. And from there to Cigunuela is only 6 km.
Annie, if you want albergue accommodation, another thing to think about is to get from VAlladolid to Puente Duero for your first night, the albergue there is run by the VAlladolid amigos and is quite nice. Then you would have a short 12 km day from Puente Duero to Cigunuela the next day.
Looking forward to hearing more about your new camino.... And maybe you will get to visit the church in WAMBA!!!!!
Buen camino, amiga. Laurie
Sorry to hear Annie as I have been enjoying the posts.
If you think those days out of Málaga have a lot of olive groves well after Granada there are even more!
Good luck up on the Madrid and after with your group on the Francés.
I'd love to just walk to Simancas or actually to Cigunuela. Is that doable?
Tomorrow I'll look into a bus to Simancas and walk from there.
ThanksYes, but you have to know the route because it isn't marked. The walk to Ciguñuela would be mostly on the shoulder of roads. The walk to Simancas (through Arroyo de la Encomienda) is more urban with some countryside between Arroyo de la Encomienda and Simancas.
You have two options depending on where is your accommodation in Valladolid. To take a bus with www.laregionalvsa.com out of the bus station of Valladolid or to take urban bus line number 5 (for more info: www.auvasa.es) that makes many stops in Valladolid.
And if you walk from Valladolid in direction of Puente Duero you can turn right when coming to main road and head for Simancas & Ciguenuela. Quite doable for a days walk.OTOH, the route from Valladolid to Puente Duero is marked (with shells in urban areas and mojones out of them). In Puente Duero there's a pilgrims' albergue and you could continue next day to Ciguñuela (no idea if your jump from Andalucía to Puente Duero would mean a problem to use the albergue in Puente Duero though but the same could be said about Ciguñuela).
And if you walk from Valladolid in direction of Puente Duero you can turn right when coming to main road and head for Simancas & Ciguenuela. Quite doable for a days walk.
my app shows the route walking on a really busy highway. Do you have directions on country road?
I think the only walk from Valladolid to Simancas would be alongside the highway. Not dangerous, I don't think, but probably not so scenic
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