Category: travel
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Black Forest and Beyond
Friday, June 19. 2026 (5.1 miles) Back to highway driving on our bus, through bucolic fields with their occasional Jagdhüttes, (classic hunting huts used as shelters or basecamp). From the Rick Steves guidebook, “locals and out-of-towners alike go cuckoo for this most romantic of German regions – famous for its mineral spas, clean air, hiking trails, cheery…
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Baden-Baden
Thursday, June 18, 2026 (6.9 miles) High temperatures continue as we keep hearing of heat waves in every place we go! We have been forewarned of no air conditioning in our sleeping quarters, which is of course a first world problem, albeit uncomfortable. I’ve pretty much been hot and sweaty since leaving Washington State in…
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Burg Eltz and the Mosel River
Wednesday, June 17, 2026 (4.5 miles) We began our day with a morning drive through more gorgeous and fertile German farmlands (about 80% is agricultural). And then we were into a dense forest so green and lush that even though I was on a bus I was So Very Happy!! Our destination: Burg Eltz, Europe’s…
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I’m in Germany – What What!!?!
Monday, June 15, 2026 (8.1 miles) After a bite to eat and more sentimental strolling I continued my prayers of the last few days that all travel details would fit seamlessly together and I enlisted other prayer warriors as well. I pop directed much energy on positive self talk for a successful day arriving at…
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Weekend Wrap Up – We Made It!!
Friday, June 12, 2026 ( 4.4 miles) A delicious buffet breakfast was offered in our hotel starting at 7:00 – I was the sole participant of my group for an hour!! I guess I have FOMO (fear of missing out), also, I suspect, why I don’t nap… We had a group “organized” tour with Maria, who was…
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And Just Like That…
Thursday, June 11, 2026 Milladoiro to Santiago de Compostela (7.2 miles) Considering what to convey our last day walking is a bit like trying to summarize the Camino experience. Besides encompassing a myriad of emotions, captivating visuals, stimulating and serenity inducing sounds, all types of people and languages, and nature’s beauty – it’s different for…
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Memories in the Making
Wednesday, June 10, 2026 Padrón to Milladoiro (11.3 miles) We set off with mixed emotions for our last full day of walking. Our mass was delightful in an open air setting at Ermida de Santiaguiño do Monte in Padrón. Saint James, apostle to Jesus (“Santiago”), is the Patron Saint of Spain and is said to…
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Slow
Tuesday, June 9, 2026 Arementeira to Villanova de Arousa (15.8 miles) We started our day after breakfast with mass a short bus ride away at Monasterio de Armenteira in Meis. The grounds were beautiful, the on premises made soap, jewelry and essential oil products in their nunnery tienda delightful and our official Camino start at 10:00 on…
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We Are Family
Monday, June 8, 2026 Additional scoop from Wikipedia regarding sites we visited yesterday. Our starting point, Monte Santa Thecla: “Thecla was a saint of the early Christian Church, and a reported follower of Paul, the Apostle. The earliest record of her life comes from the ancient apocryphal Acts of Paul and Thecla. She was born…
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Walking Along Side The Atlantic Ocean!
Sunday, June 7, 2026 (9.9 miles) The sun cast a golden light around the premises of Paço de Vitorino as we made our way to mass, followed by breakfast. Well, everyone else attended mass – I had the time wrong, and on top of that, couldn’t remember where the chapel was – so I enjoyed…