Author: robbidenman
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Into Wonderland
Day 18, Day 11 on the Camino Another 6:30 start, but with a 19 mile, 9 hour day and several of the usual fueling stops, including one not even 40 minutes in, it was an extremely long day.. We had some grueling uphill out of the River Mino Valley in the hot, HOT sun, which […]
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The Day of the Barking Dogs
Day 17, Day 10 on the Camino I was so looking forward to today!!! Our yellow arrows pointed us into the River Mino valley to the town of Ourense. Pictures and pamphlets at our albergue touted a gorgeous city with several naturall hot springs. We set out at 6:00 with headlamps, as the moon is […]
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What a Difference a Day Makes!
DAY 16 , Day 9 on the Camino I am still so amazed and filled with gratitude that I am actually walking across Spain! The little villages have such character, the stone buildings so ancient, the sky bright blue (when I am not being guided by the moon or wowed by an amazing sunrise) the […]
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Stairway to Heaven
Day 15, Day 8 on the Camino Lordy, oh Lordy, oh LORDY – am I ever happy to have this day of our trek behind us!!! After a mellow hour of meandering through a couple of quaint and “strangely medieval” villages, a coffee break at a self service, “donitivo cafe” with coffee in a thermos, […]
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Today Marks One Week of Walking!!
Today’s walk had us traveling five hours from A Gudina to Campobecerros through hill and dale, Extreme uphills and Equally Extreme downhills, massive rolling stretches of even more purple heather than yesterday, vast views of waterways, train tracks, tiny villages and trailways that seemed impossibly distant yet that we did in fact reach and walk […]
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Easter Sunday on the Camino
Day 13, Day 6 on the Camino What a Most Spectacular day today!!! We headed out at 6:30, thinking that our housemates were leaving after 7:00 based on their comments last night. It appeared to be a competition when most of those in line for the one bathroom were from “the other tribe” and two […]
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Easter Sunday Walking in Spain
DAY 12, Day 5 on The Camino Further schedule and route adjustments became necessary since we are eight in number. There were NO places with enough beds for us in the next 44 kilometers!! So, we agreed to walk 7 miles to Mombuey, & as advised, catch a 2:00 bus to Lubian (which would get […]
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Good Friday, Walking the Walk
DAY 11, Day 4 on The Camino Thank You, Jesus!!! I experienced a variety of emotions today reflecting that today in history He journeyed to his death on the cross – for me!! I could not help but think of this all day! It was another long day – 17 1/2 miles beginning at 6:45 […]
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Day 10 – And the sun keeps on shining!!!
Today was another necessarily rerouted day of 15 1/4 miles, and my feet challenged me at day break, after our mid walk stop and in the last half hour, but more digging deep and the support of commiserating comrades got me through. And it was a lovely walk through serene countryside. After our cafe con […]
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Day 9, Oh No – BLISTERS!
Today we left Montamarta and our fun friends from Korea, China, Italy and France at 6:30 a.m. in darkness. Last night’s full moon was still high enough to light our way and we saw a beautiful sunrise. We had to remap our route based on the lack of availability of enough beds for our group […]