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Part 2, Day 2, Tuesday October 9th, Labruge to Rates
There were ten in the room last night. No bunk beds and a bonus: my bed was last so I had a wall next to me AND a window! He who controls the window controls the heat! I find it… Continue reading
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Part 2, Day 1, Monday October 8th – Porto to Lebruge
It is pitch black. I am somewhere in Porto. The bus station is only a bus parking area. No building, no all night café. Nothing. It is 6:30 in the morning. I collect my backpack and reorganize it. I am… Continue reading
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Day 11, Oct 7th, Burgos to Porto, Portugal
I left Cathy at the bus station in Burgos with two other pilgrims who had dropped out. The wife had stumbled going into a pub and sprained her ankle. They too were heading to Bilbao. The cathedral bells were ringing,… Continue reading
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Day 10, Oct 6 – Grañon to Burgos
We slept in the attic of the church on sleeping mats. We made sure to pick a mat under a small skylight which we opened. We could have wished upon a star but sleep seemed to take over. The priest… Continue reading
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Day 8 Oct 4. – Los Arcos to Azofra…thoughts
In the last few days the subject of grief has come up again and again. There are probably many pilgrims walking The Way in memory of someone. Pilgrims have left small plasticized photos of their loved ones tied to a… Continue reading
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Day 7, Oct 3, Estella to Los Arcos
Rather than repeat the daily routine, I thought I would tell you more about my Scotiabank woes and some Camino gossip. Scotiabank woes Last year in Mexico Amanda told me about the Scotiabank advantage. No foreign transaction fees and they… Continue reading
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Day 5, Oct 1 – Pamplona to Puente la Riena
Left at 7a.m. But we stopped only 5 mins later for coffee . Joyce, Cathy and I had laughed when, in a 4 bed pod back at Rovevalles we had shared it with Piet from Rotterdam and did that count… Continue reading
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Day 4, September 29 – Zubiri to Pamplona
We walked again with Joyce from India currently living in England. Hung out with Rob and Linda from Jasper at Hemmingway’s favorite hangout Café Iruna in Pamplona and slept in an albergue on the second floor where the ceiling was… Continue reading
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Day 3, Sept 29th- Roncevalles to Zubiri
We were awoken by Jozef who had introduced himself last night when we arrived. For the last 15 years, as a volunteer hospitalario at this Dutch-run monastery turned albergue, he has been the Singer of Roncevalles. At the time we… Continue reading
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Day 2, Sept 28 – Orisson to Ronsevalles
The weather was perfect for crossing up and over the Pyrenees. Sunny, a bit of a breeze, not to warm. You couldn’t ask for anything better! The views were impressive, almost Heidi-like with large dairy cows with huge bells tied… Continue reading
Liz Hammond-Kaarremaa 