20190922_Camino_de_Santiago_0026b.jpgDay 0 -- Arrival in St. Jean Pied de Port from Paris.
20190922_Camino_de_Santiago_0026c.jpgDay 0 -- Arrival in St. Jean Pied de Port from Paris.
20190922_Camino_de_Santiago_0026e.jpgDay 0 -- Arrival in St. Jean Pied de Port from Paris.
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20190923_Camino_de_Santiago_0039b.jpgDay 1 -- St. Jean Pied de Port, France to Roncesvalles, Spain through a pass in the Pyrenees.
20190923_Camino_de_Santiago_0039c.jpgDay 1 -- St. Jean Pied de Port, France to Roncesvalles, Spain through a pass in the Pyrenees.
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20190923_Camino_de_Santiago_0054b.jpgDay 1 -- St. Jean Pied de Port, France to Roncesvalles, Spain through a pass in the Pyrenees.
20190923_Camino_de_Santiago_0054c.jpgDay 1 -- St. Jean Pied de Port, France to Roncesvalles, Spain through a pass in the Pyrenees.
20190923_Camino_de_Santiago_0054e.jpgDay 1 -- St. Jean Pied de Port, France to Roncesvalles, Spain through a pass in the Pyrenees.
20190923_Camino_de_Santiago_0055b.jpgDay 1 -- St. Jean Pied de Port, France to Roncesvalles, Spain through a pass in the Pyrenees.
20190923_Camino_de_Santiago_0055c.jpgDay 1 -- St. Jean Pied de Port, France to Roncesvalles, Spain through a pass in the Pyrenees.
20190923_Camino_de_Santiago_0055e.jpgDay 1 -- St. Jean Pied de Port, France to Roncesvalles, Spain through a pass in the Pyrenees.
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20190923_Camino_de_Santiago_0079b.jpgDay 1 -- St. Jean Pied de Port, France to Roncesvalles, Spain through a pass in the Pyrenees.
20190923_Camino_de_Santiago_0079c.jpgDay 1 -- St. Jean Pied de Port, France to Roncesvalles, Spain through a pass in the Pyrenees.
20190923_Camino_de_Santiago_0079e.jpgDay 1 -- St. Jean Pied de Port, France to Roncesvalles, Spain through a pass in the Pyrenees.
20190929_Camino_de_Santiago_0162b.jpgDay 7 -- Ayegui to Torres del RioPushed a little farther today than the previous days and felt stronger. This was the first day I got out of bed after walking, put on some sandals and walked around the village. I also stayed at a hostel with a very, very cold pool and plunged my legs in for an hour until they were totally numb.
20190929_Camino_de_Santiago_0162c.jpgDay 7 -- Ayegui to Torres del RioPushed a little farther today than the previous days and felt stronger. This was the first day I got out of bed after walking, put on some sandals and walked around the village. I also stayed at a hostel with a very, very cold pool and plunged my legs in for an hour until they were totally numb.
20190929_Camino_de_Santiago_0162e.jpgDay 7 -- Ayegui to Torres del RioPushed a little farther today than the previous days and felt stronger. This was the first day I got out of bed after walking, put on some sandals and walked around the village. I also stayed at a hostel with a very, very cold pool and plunged my legs in for an hour until they were totally numb.
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20191002_Camino_de_Santiago_0272b.jpgDay 10 -- Azofra to BeloradoWalked with Max for most of the day, but his blisters forced him stop a few villages before me.
20191002_Camino_de_Santiago_0272c.jpgDay 10 -- Azofra to BeloradoWalked with Max for most of the day, but his blisters forced him stop a few villages before me.
20191002_Camino_de_Santiago_0272e.jpgDay 10 -- Azofra to BeloradoWalked with Max for most of the day, but his blisters forced him stop a few villages before me.
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20191002_Camino_de_Santiago_0277b.jpgDay 10 -- Azofra to BeloradoWalked with Max for most of the day, but his blisters forced him stop a few villages before me.
20191002_Camino_de_Santiago_0277c.jpgDay 10 -- Azofra to BeloradoWalked with Max for most of the day, but his blisters forced him stop a few villages before me.
20191002_Camino_de_Santiago_0277e.jpgDay 10 -- Azofra to BeloradoWalked with Max for most of the day, but his blisters forced him stop a few villages before me.
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20191005_Camino_de_Santiago_0388_1b.jpgDay 13 --Rabe de las Calzadas to Itero de la VegaFog all morning which was amazing. Then, I kept pushing in the afternoon much farther than I should have and ended up in Itero where there was a bed left in the municipal hostel merifully. And I take it back -- THIS was the worst hostel I stayed in on the trip and really kicked in the despair of the Meseta to me, I think. But hey, it was only six Euros for the night. I remember having dinner with Boya from somewhere in Eastern Europe, I cannot remember where he's from. Stilted conversation but that's not a problem. Spilled coffee all over myself at lunch I remember, too, in a village that was entirely a downhill walk for me.
20191005_Camino_de_Santiago_0388c.jpgDay 13 --Rabe de las Calzadas to Itero de la VegaFog all morning which was amazing. Then, I kept pushing in the afternoon much farther than I should have and ended up in Itero where there was a bed left in the municipal hostel merifully. And I take it back -- THIS was the worst hostel I stayed in on the trip and really kicked in the despair of the Meseta to me, I think. But hey, it was only six Euros for the night. I remember having dinner with Boya from somewhere in Eastern Europe, I cannot remember where he's from. Stilted conversation but that's not a problem. Spilled coffee all over myself at lunch I remember, too, in a village that was entirely a downhill walk for me.
20191005_Camino_de_Santiago_0388e.jpgDay 13 --Rabe de las Calzadas to Itero de la VegaFog all morning which was amazing. Then, I kept pushing in the afternoon much farther than I should have and ended up in Itero where there was a bed left in the municipal hostel merifully. And I take it back -- THIS was the worst hostel I stayed in on the trip and really kicked in the despair of the Meseta to me, I think. But hey, it was only six Euros for the night. I remember having dinner with Boya from somewhere in Eastern Europe, I cannot remember where he's from. Stilted conversation but that's not a problem. Spilled coffee all over myself at lunch I remember, too, in a village that was entirely a downhill walk for me.
20191005_Camino_de_Santiago_0400b.jpgDay 13 --Rabe de las Calzadas to Itero de la VegaFog all morning which was amazing. Then, I kept pushing in the afternoon much farther than I should have and ended up in Itero where there was a bed left in the municipal hostel merifully. And I take it back -- THIS was the worst hostel I stayed in on the trip and really kicked in the despair of the Meseta to me, I think. But hey, it was only six Euros for the night. I remember having dinner with Boya from somewhere in Eastern Europe, I cannot remember where he's from. Stilted conversation but that's not a problem. Spilled coffee all over myself at lunch I remember, too, in a village that was entirely a downhill walk for me.
20191005_Camino_de_Santiago_0400c.jpgDay 13 --Rabe de las Calzadas to Itero de la VegaFog all morning which was amazing. Then, I kept pushing in the afternoon much farther than I should have and ended up in Itero where there was a bed left in the municipal hostel merifully. And I take it back -- THIS was the worst hostel I stayed in on the trip and really kicked in the despair of the Meseta to me, I think. But hey, it was only six Euros for the night. I remember having dinner with Boya from somewhere in Eastern Europe, I cannot remember where he's from. Stilted conversation but that's not a problem. Spilled coffee all over myself at lunch I remember, too, in a village that was entirely a downhill walk for me.
20191005_Camino_de_Santiago_0407_1b.jpgDay 13 --Rabe de las Calzadas to Itero de la VegaFog all morning which was amazing. Then, I kept pushing in the afternoon much farther than I should have and ended up in Itero where there was a bed left in the municipal hostel merifully. And I take it back -- THIS was the worst hostel I stayed in on the trip and really kicked in the despair of the Meseta to me, I think. But hey, it was only six Euros for the night. I remember having dinner with Boya from somewhere in Eastern Europe, I cannot remember where he's from. Stilted conversation but that's not a problem. Spilled coffee all over myself at lunch I remember, too, in a village that was entirely a downhill walk for me.
20191005_Camino_de_Santiago_0407c.jpgDay 13 --Rabe de las Calzadas to Itero de la VegaFog all morning which was amazing. Then, I kept pushing in the afternoon much farther than I should have and ended up in Itero where there was a bed left in the municipal hostel merifully. And I take it back -- THIS was the worst hostel I stayed in on the trip and really kicked in the despair of the Meseta to me, I think. But hey, it was only six Euros for the night. I remember having dinner with Boya from somewhere in Eastern Europe, I cannot remember where he's from. Stilted conversation but that's not a problem. Spilled coffee all over myself at lunch I remember, too, in a village that was entirely a downhill walk for me.
20191005_Camino_de_Santiago_0407e.jpgDay 13 --Rabe de las Calzadas to Itero de la VegaFog all morning which was amazing. Then, I kept pushing in the afternoon much farther than I should have and ended up in Itero where there was a bed left in the municipal hostel merifully. And I take it back -- THIS was the worst hostel I stayed in on the trip and really kicked in the despair of the Meseta to me, I think. But hey, it was only six Euros for the night. I remember having dinner with Boya from somewhere in Eastern Europe, I cannot remember where he's from. Stilted conversation but that's not a problem. Spilled coffee all over myself at lunch I remember, too, in a village that was entirely a downhill walk for me.
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20191005_Camino_de_Santiago_0410_1b.jpgDay 13 --Rabe de las Calzadas to Itero de la VegaFog all morning which was amazing. Then, I kept pushing in the afternoon much farther than I should have and ended up in Itero where there was a bed left in the municipal hostel merifully. And I take it back -- THIS was the worst hostel I stayed in on the trip and really kicked in the despair of the Meseta to me, I think. But hey, it was only six Euros for the night. I remember having dinner with Boya from somewhere in Eastern Europe, I cannot remember where he's from. Stilted conversation but that's not a problem. Spilled coffee all over myself at lunch I remember, too, in a village that was entirely a downhill walk for me.
20191005_Camino_de_Santiago_0410c.jpgDay 13 --Rabe de las Calzadas to Itero de la VegaFog all morning which was amazing. Then, I kept pushing in the afternoon much farther than I should have and ended up in Itero where there was a bed left in the municipal hostel merifully. And I take it back -- THIS was the worst hostel I stayed in on the trip and really kicked in the despair of the Meseta to me, I think. But hey, it was only six Euros for the night. I remember having dinner with Boya from somewhere in Eastern Europe, I cannot remember where he's from. Stilted conversation but that's not a problem. Spilled coffee all over myself at lunch I remember, too, in a village that was entirely a downhill walk for me.
20191005_Camino_de_Santiago_0410e.jpgDay 13 --Rabe de las Calzadas to Itero de la VegaFog all morning which was amazing. Then, I kept pushing in the afternoon much farther than I should have and ended up in Itero where there was a bed left in the municipal hostel merifully. And I take it back -- THIS was the worst hostel I stayed in on the trip and really kicked in the despair of the Meseta to me, I think. But hey, it was only six Euros for the night. I remember having dinner with Boya from somewhere in Eastern Europe, I cannot remember where he's from. Stilted conversation but that's not a problem. Spilled coffee all over myself at lunch I remember, too, in a village that was entirely a downhill walk for me.
20191016_Camino_de_Santiago_0768b.jpgDay 24 -- Hospital de la Condesa to SarriaLots of up and down through little villages into the city of Sarria, where the majority of Spanish pilgrims start their trek as it's just outside the 100 km required distance for a certificate of completion.
20191016_Camino_de_Santiago_0768c.jpgDay 24 -- Hospital de la Condesa to SarriaLots of up and down through little villages into the city of Sarria, where the majority of Spanish pilgrims start their trek as it's just outside the 100 km required distance for a certificate of completion.
20191016_Camino_de_Santiago_0768e.jpgDay 24 -- Hospital de la Condesa to SarriaLots of up and down through little villages into the city of Sarria, where the majority of Spanish pilgrims start their trek as it's just outside the 100 km required distance for a certificate of completion.
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20191020_Camino_de_Santiago_0821b.jpgDay 28 -- Salceda to Monte de GozoOnce again rain for most of the day but everyone was very high energy along the route because we're all getting close to Santiago. The rain and light in the forests was beautiful and I stopped to make more pictures than planned. I remember stopping for either breakfast or lunch in a cafe where the owner only played Rod Stewart songs.
20191020_Camino_de_Santiago_0821c.jpgDay 28 -- Salceda to Monte de GozoOnce again rain for most of the day but everyone was very high energy along the route because we're all getting close to Santiago. The rain and light in the forests was beautiful and I stopped to make more pictures than planned. I remember stopping for either breakfast or lunch in a cafe where the owner only played Rod Stewart songs.
20191020_Camino_de_Santiago_0821e.jpgDay 28 -- Salceda to Monte de GozoOnce again rain for most of the day but everyone was very high energy along the route because we're all getting close to Santiago. The rain and light in the forests was beautiful and I stopped to make more pictures than planned. I remember stopping for either breakfast or lunch in a cafe where the owner only played Rod Stewart songs.
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20191020_Camino_de_Santiago_0893b.jpgDay 28 -- Salceda to Monte de GozoOnce again rain for most of the day but everyone was very high energy along the route because we're all getting close to Santiago. The rain and light in the forests was beautiful and I stopped to make more pictures than planned. I remember stopping for either breakfast or lunch in a cafe where the owner only played Rod Stewart songs.
20191020_Camino_de_Santiago_0893c.jpgDay 28 -- Salceda to Monte de GozoOnce again rain for most of the day but everyone was very high energy along the route because we're all getting close to Santiago. The rain and light in the forests was beautiful and I stopped to make more pictures than planned. I remember stopping for either breakfast or lunch in a cafe where the owner only played Rod Stewart songs.
20191020_Camino_de_Santiago_0893e.jpgDay 28 -- Salceda to Monte de GozoOnce again rain for most of the day but everyone was very high energy along the route because we're all getting close to Santiago. The rain and light in the forests was beautiful and I stopped to make more pictures than planned. I remember stopping for either breakfast or lunch in a cafe where the owner only played Rod Stewart songs.
20191020_Camino_de_Santiago_0909b.jpgDay 28 -- Salceda to Monte de GozoOnce again rain for most of the day but everyone was very high energy along the route because we're all getting close to Santiago. The rain and light in the forests was beautiful and I stopped to make more pictures than planned. I remember stopping for either breakfast or lunch in a cafe where the owner only played Rod Stewart songs.
20191020_Camino_de_Santiago_0909c.jpgDay 28 -- Salceda to Monte de GozoOnce again rain for most of the day but everyone was very high energy along the route because we're all getting close to Santiago. The rain and light in the forests was beautiful and I stopped to make more pictures than planned. I remember stopping for either breakfast or lunch in a cafe where the owner only played Rod Stewart songs.
20191020_Camino_de_Santiago_0909e.jpgDay 28 -- Salceda to Monte de GozoOnce again rain for most of the day but everyone was very high energy along the route because we're all getting close to Santiago. The rain and light in the forests was beautiful and I stopped to make more pictures than planned. I remember stopping for either breakfast or lunch in a cafe where the owner only played Rod Stewart songs.
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20191021_Camino_de_Santiago_1009b.jpgDay 29 -- Monte de Gozo to SantiagoArrival at Santiago before sunrise. Reunion with Mathias and Francesca from day one of the journey. Met Hillary from Pennsylvania who lives in Israel. Lots of laughing and hugs and celebration. Was early enough to the pilgrim office to earn a chance to see the preserved inner doors of the cathedral where the hands of pilgrims have imprinted for centuries.
20191021_Camino_de_Santiago_1009c.jpgDay 29 -- Monte de Gozo to SantiagoArrival at Santiago before sunrise. Reunion with Mathias and Francesca from day one of the journey. Met Hillary from Pennsylvania who lives in Israel. Lots of laughing and hugs and celebration. Was early enough to the pilgrim office to earn a chance to see the preserved inner doors of the cathedral where the hands of pilgrims have imprinted for centuries.
20191021_Camino_de_Santiago_1009e.jpgDay 29 -- Monte de Gozo to SantiagoArrival at Santiago before sunrise. Reunion with Mathias and Francesca from day one of the journey. Met Hillary from Pennsylvania who lives in Israel. Lots of laughing and hugs and celebration. Was early enough to the pilgrim office to earn a chance to see the preserved inner doors of the cathedral where the hands of pilgrims have imprinted for centuries.
20191021_Camino_de_Santiago_1035b.jpgDay 29 -- Monte de Gozo to SantiagoArrival at Santiago before sunrise. Reunion with Mathias and Francesca from day one of the journey. Met Hillary from Pennsylvania who lives in Israel. Lots of laughing and hugs and celebration. Was early enough to the pilgrim office to earn a chance to see the preserved inner doors of the cathedral where the hands of pilgrims have imprinted for centuries.
20191021_Camino_de_Santiago_1035c.jpgDay 29 -- Monte de Gozo to SantiagoArrival at Santiago before sunrise. Reunion with Mathias and Francesca from day one of the journey. Met Hillary from Pennsylvania who lives in Israel. Lots of laughing and hugs and celebration. Was early enough to the pilgrim office to earn a chance to see the preserved inner doors of the cathedral where the hands of pilgrims have imprinted for centuries.
20191021_Camino_de_Santiago_1035e.jpgDay 29 -- Monte de Gozo to SantiagoArrival at Santiago before sunrise. Reunion with Mathias and Francesca from day one of the journey. Met Hillary from Pennsylvania who lives in Israel. Lots of laughing and hugs and celebration. Was early enough to the pilgrim office to earn a chance to see the preserved inner doors of the cathedral where the hands of pilgrims have imprinted for centuries.