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Last day in Spain (being sent out a couple of days later)

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Road Trip Teri

And tomorrow we’re off. We’ve called the cab driver who’s a fan of Catalan independence, and have arranged to walk to the market with Peg and Tom for breakfast. Then they will head for Montserrat, and we will go to … Continue reading →

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Santiago to Barcelona

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Road Trip Teri

[This is out of order; sorry!] We showed up this morning at the Santiago airport well before dawn, along with dozens of other peregrinos. Everyone still wore backpacks with shells, carried walking sticks, hefted backpacks. By the time we left … Continue reading →

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Barcelona on a sunny October 1

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Road Trip Teri

Hard to imagine that it’s October 1 and has been snowing in Anchorage when we are wandering along sunny streets with breezes in the palm trees. We did a fair amount of that today, Peg and Tom’s first full day … Continue reading →

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Finisterre — the end of the earth

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Road Trip Teri

The bus for Finisterre left at 9:00 a.m. and we were on it, asleep much of the time until our arrival at 11:30. From the town we walked out to the lighthouse point, about one and a half miles, payback … Continue reading →

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The Pilgrims’ Mass in Santiago, and other sights

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Road Trip Teri

The Pilgrims’ Mass — the highlight, for many, of their pilgrimage. For others, like the college kids sitting on the floor next to us, it was a chance to strip down to the tank top and get a neck rub. … Continue reading →

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Santiago

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Road Trip Teri

Today 1,059 peregrinos registered with the Pilgrims’ Office in Santiago. Six of them were the Lazios and Carns. To get here, we walked differing numbers of miles — I got in about 367, since Pamplona. The requirement, to gain a … Continue reading →

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Arzua to Arco O Pino

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Road Trip Teri

The penultimate day — tomorrow we arrive in Santiago. Jim and I almost arrived in Santiago today. We entirely missed the correct turnoff to Arca O Pino, our destination and were almost at the Santiago airport before we decided we … Continue reading →

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Melide to Arzua — another rainy day

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Road Trip Teri

Rain discourages photography. Luckily it only rained much of the day, not the whole time, so we got a few photos. Early on, we walked through a forest of eucalyptus and pine trees. Someone was cutting the eucalyptus, using the … Continue reading →

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Eirexe to Melide

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Road Trip Teri

For a twelve-mile day, it took a long time — in large part, because it was a miscalculation on my part, and was actually a fifteen-mile day. The forecast of “partly sunny” never came to pass — it was mostly … Continue reading →

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Portomarin to Eirexe — Galician rain

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Road Trip Teri

Drops of rain hung on our windows this morning, but we could see stars in the 6:00 a.m. dark, so hoped that the day would turn out well. It did, but in a very Galician style.      Lacking Internet … Continue reading →

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