Author Archives: Road Trip Teri

Day Six – Navarette

We started in easy after our rest day in Logrono — about eight miles to Navarette, another hill town. Much of the first four miles was flat, and through parks on the outskirts of Logrono. Locals shared the paved trails … Continue reading

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Fourth day of walking — Estella to Los Arcos

The albergue guy tells me that they cut off the email at 10:30 — the rest will have to wait until tomorrow. We got started at 7:20 a.m. — well ahead of sunrise, but enough light to see the yellow … Continue reading

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August 28, 2012 — Estella –Third day of walking

Hello all – we found ourselves in Cirauqui last night, described in the guidebook as an exceptionally well- preserved medieval hilltop town. It had no Internet — the albergue owner thought that perhaps we could sit in the town plaza … Continue reading

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First day of walking — Pamplona to Urtega

The pedometer says that we walked something in the neighborhood of 25,000 steps today, from our hotel in Pamplona to the albergue in Urtega, a small town about 17 kilometers (9? miles) west (we’re always walking west). That included walking … Continue reading

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August 25, 2012 — Pamplona

First day of the journey, really — Barcelona was play. Here’s Anthea’s summary: “Aqui estamos en Pamplona – finalmente, despues de un acidente con mi cafe por la mañana y un viaje de tren que cambió a un viaje de … Continue reading

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August 24, 2012, Barcelona

  29 degrees C. . . . 33 degrees C. . . .  34 degrees C. — At 2:00 p.m., it just keeps getting hotter. People in the Lower 48 and elsewhere are used to this — the Alaskans are … Continue reading

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Barcelona, August 23, 2012

This is the first of a series of emails that were sent to friends and family describing our recent trip to Spain to walk parts of the Camino de Santiago de Compostela. Jim, Anthea and I started in Anchorage on … Continue reading

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Foraging for a sourdough link: Faviken Magasinet to Alaska

Lichens for dinner? Pine bark petit fours? Fireweed shoots and fiddlehead ferns? These appeared on the menu from Faviken Magasinet, as reported by FoodSnob blog, but could have been foraged from my backyard woods in the heart of Anchorage, Alaska which lies at … Continue reading

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Barcelona Bakeries

   Barcelona is noted for chocolate, the 1992 Summer Olympics (and for wanting to be a contender for the Winter Olympics a few years hence; it is building an indoor ski resort, harvesting the cold from the transport of liquified … Continue reading

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London Breads Around the Town

        London had as many delicious breads as Barcelona, although the settings were not as elegantly Art Noveau (in Spain, called “Modernisme”). Here are a few: These first three are from the Food Halls at Harrod’s.   … Continue reading

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