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Planning: Italy Itinerary
Day 1 - Milan (WorldHotel Cristoforo Colombo) Day 2 - Varenna (Villa Cipressi Hotel) Day 3 & 4 Ortisei (AlpenHotel Rainell) Day 5 Venice We were planning to stay on…
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Goodbye Northern Spain
After finishing the Camino - every step of the last 100km and probably another 30-50km in the days preceding - we slept 10 hours. Yesterday as we wandered the narrow…
Posted inSpain Trek: Camino del Norte
The Lennans are in Santiago de Compostela
The boys sit overlooking the main square. As you enter the square you hear bagpipes playing and see a mass of people reclining on their bags - recovering from a…
Posted inSpain Trek: Camino del Norte
Final approach to Compostela
The final descent was through a business district - I guess I was expecting something more meaningful and serene. You can see the cathedral in the distance!
Posted inSpain Trek: Camino del Norte
Friday – 10K
We had only 10km to walk to reach Compostela. This the pope's monument about 4km more!
Posted inSpain Trek: Camino del Norte
As we near
Thursday - More symbols and memorials are along the Camino as we get under 15km.
Posted inSpain Trek: Camino del Norte
10 Kilómetro más hoy
Having a break for lunch in Pedrouzo. Pizza y Sprite y vino y cerveza. It's the way the other pelegrinos do it.
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Thursday – Arzua to Santa Irene
Thursday - this is a photo of Santa Irene. We don't have wifi tonight. Will post again on Friday.
Posted inSpain Trek: Camino del Norte
Donkey or Mule – I can never tell
OK...so it looks like we are off the grid for a couple of days. We start our walk today and very soon we are greeted by this gregarious woman. She…
Posted inSpain Trek: Camino del Norte
The Rain in Spain
Whoever said: "the rain in Spain falls mostly on the plain" has obviously never been to northern Spain. Today (Wednesday) we had some light rain after we stopped for lunch.…