It’s a sad day. I’m leaving my fellow peregrinos to return home to my everyday life. I’ve been when these people for two whole weeks. We’ve shared many stories, many experiences, laughs and cries. I walked into the most beautiful cathedrals I’ve ever seen. I will never forget my peregrino family. I would like to…
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Today is my penultimate day of walking. It is also the longest day. Twenty miles is a long way to walk. It’s even longer when you’re carrying a 30 lbs. pack. My feet still hurt, even after I’ve been in bed for an hour. We had to walk extra far today because of albergues closed…
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Wow, I hit double digits! Not much to report today. Walk was ok. Tomorrow will be murder- about 20 miles tomorrow. The town we’re supposed to be stopping at doesn’t have any albergues open. So, we have to trek a significant distance past that. Most of the homing today was next to highways, which I…
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Even though today was a third shorter, it was still tough. My legs didn’t want to work like yesterday. It may have been due to the poor sleep. I was woken up at 3 and never got back to bed. It was a beautiful day – still overcast, but with little rain and beautiful vineyards…
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Posting from the Camino… Worst weather so far. It’s cold, rainy and it even snowed while I was at higher elevation. I’m halfway done for the day… a very long day. I’m holed up in a bar while my clothes dry or I decide to change into drier ones. Problem is, my dry shirt is…
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Walked from Los Arcos to Logroño. Well, I made it a week. About one more to go. Today was the longest day so far (17.21 miles) and tomorrow will be a bit longer. Still no blisters, but walking, even after resting for an hour or so was hard. We wondered around looking for a restaurant…
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Easier day today. Sleeping pill worked last night. I got a great night’s sleep. No blisters. The feet weren’t as sore. Left knee only hurt for the first 2/3 of the day. I think I’m hitting my stride with getting used to walking these distances with 30 lbs. on my back. The group is making…
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I walked by myself today from Puente de Reina to Estella. I didn’t get a good night’s sleep last night. I think that’s why my muscles were weak starting out. My left knee still hurts, but about the same as yesterday. I think it might be bursitis. The top right side of the kneecap is…
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Leaving Pamplona. Heading to Puente de Reina. I stayed at a Marriott last night and got a great night’s sleep. I took a cab back to the point I stopped yesterday, in front of the Cathedral in Pamplona. It was a little rainy when I started, but it cleared up once I started to climb…
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The hotel was great. Fortunately for me, I’ll have a nice Marriott bed waiting for me tonight too. Good night.
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