Category Archives: Camino de Santiago de Compostela

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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