Tired...pooped...feet are sore! Overall a good day totalling 31 kms over 6:30 hours however for me anyway I found the last couple of hours tougher than most. We started just after 6:00 this morning which is great...was still dark though and we missed an early turn...not critical though.
After a half hour stop for desayuno and a few stops here and there including likely an hour in Astorga, which looks like a beautiful city, we arrived in our Albergue El Caminante just after 2:00. We have a private room for 16.5€ each...a real nice way to end the day!
Last evening we had a good supper...we were joined by Larry a fellow Canadian from Ontario. His reasons for doing the Camino are pretty deep...certainly more profound than mine, Marc and Paulo's. For me seems like a neat thing to do, a challenge mentally and physically and a chance to see new things...not to deep!
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| Yesterday's heat and my chocolate bar...note garbage can! |
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| Nice spaghetti and sauce |
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| Pork loin and French fries (what else!) |
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| Marina, Paulo, Marc, Larry, Guy, Alessandro |
There were some really nice sections to today's walk especially prior to Astorga...after that as mentioned earlier one had to dig a little deeper to make it in. The sun is so strong in Spain...I can't imagine doing the Camino Frances in the summer. Even with very generous amounts of sun screen I am still having sun challenges! A few pictures from the day...
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| Uh let me see left or right? |
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| Incredible bridge coming into Hospital de Orbrigo |
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| A blue door |
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| A fancy door |
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| Nice easy walking |
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| Very creepy statue |
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| A Donativo stand |
Paulo had seen this stand on a YouTube video where David and his wife run this on a Donativo basis. There was fruit, juice, cake...one just gives what one wants. I gave out 6 Canadian lapel pins here...a German girl, David and his wife and 3 older Australian ladies who are walking the Camino together. The ladies were super pleased...one of them asked for our addresses as she will be sending a copy of her intended Camino book!
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| Interesting guy singing before we entered Astorga |
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| One of many pilgrim statues |
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| Marc takes pictures of doors so I decided I would too |
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| My backpack feels this big sometimes |
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| Gaudi museum - did not go in tired of museum's |
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| Astorga Cathedral - did not go in tired of cathedrals |
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| Homestretch |
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| We are THERE!! |
Nine days to go to Santiago de Compostela!
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