Here is a garden rendition of my favourite work of art – Las Meninas by Velasquez… I took the “green” river route to enter Burgos. The directions I wrote last year are still valid. But I’ll add a few comments: There was major mud for about a km after the turnoff from the highway. That…
I don’t have much to say about today’s walk. I was thinking I would blog about the joys of walking alone and without commitment, but I’ll save that for another time. I have arrived at the Hotel Rural Papasol in Atapuerca, which is known for the nearby archaeological sites. I was trying to check out…
Big day today! I started with my 2 remaining companions from Day 1. The weather was at times: blustery, rainy, cloudy and just windy. All the gear got a workout, going on and off: rain jacket, rain pants, hat, pack cover and even umbrella. It wasn’t especially interesting scenery, at least when I managed to…
Some photos of the walk. Granon is one of those “special” places – a donativo (pay what you want) albergue in an old church, where pilgrims sleep on mats on the floor of a loft overlooking a room where a communal dinner is made and served. Before dinner I attended mass in thechurch below,…
Today was a simple day of walking. Plod, plod, plod. I want to get some over-20-km days done to make up for the low mileage days. However, one has to check out the accommodation options and the hill climbing to put together tolerable days. We are in the Rioja wine district now. Tonight’s albergue is…
This morning was a late start. Daylight saving time ended, giving an extra hour, AND our group met up to say goodbye to 2 members. Three of us left Viana. We marched on resolutely to Navarrette where we consumed vast quantities of tapas instead of dinner and got rooms (a single and a double, without…
The Camino Rose’ Club (sorry for the poor imitation of an accent) had an urgent meeting this evening – its last for 2015. A-Irish and New-Yorker-T will be going home instead of walking further. A-Irish came to Viana in a taxi, while New-Yorkers-J&T arrived on foot. New-Yorker-S decided to take another rest day here. I…
This was a particularly nice walk – mostly sunny, warm but not hot, easy distance, some ups, some downs, interesting agricultural practices, and a few historical ruins scattered about. I caught up with and passed the Sisters early in the day. Beautiful day for a walk through autumn vineyards and olives. Taking care of necessities…
Seeing Clarely 