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Beautiful Memories
I’ve been looking over the pictures I made last year on the Camino Francés and making other pictures from them, pictures that look more like paintings. Even though they do not look exactly like what the places or flowers or things looked like originally, they are an attempt at giving back what I saw, what…
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June 19 – Back Home
A week ago I was on my way home. It was a long flight, 8 hours to Toronto and then another 4 to Calgary. Then drive back to the West Kootenays. It’s good to be back! The first few days back were hard. In part it was the time change – my body needed to adjust…
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June 11 – In Porto, Portugal
Jerry and I said goodbye at the bus station in Santiago, where I took a bus to Porto, about 3 hours away. I am staying at a hostel in the centre of Porto. It is quite comfortable and very convenient to walk around and see a bit of this lovely city. Below, a selection of…
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June 9 – At the End of the World
0.000 kms We walked the Camino Francés, and now we also walked the Camiño a Fisterra. I got my Fisterrana. It was an overall pleasant walk, except for one day when it rained and was windy all day. But we got to stay at a beautiful albergue that night! The last 2 days, from Oliveroia…
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June 5 – The 43rd Albergue
Tonight we’re staying at the 43rd albergue since starting this adventure. It’s a very nice, small, family run place. It has 4 bunk beds (8 beds total) downstairs, and some private rooms upstairs. The hosts prepare a meal in the evening, everything homemade using local, fresh ingredients. It’s been raining all day, so people staying…
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June 3 & 4 – To Ventosa and then Negreira
We started the walk to Fisterra. We walked 2 short stretches, June 3 to Ventosa, the next day to Negreira. View of the cathedral in Santiago from a high point a couple kms out of Santiago. There are a lot of eucalyptus trees in this part of Spain. It makes for a great smelling walk.…
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June 2nd – Santiago de Compostela
WE DID IT! My Compostela All my stamps from the Camino Francés Tomorrow a new chapter, our last in Spain. We start to walk to Fisterra, on the Atlantic Ocean. It should be a couple of peaceful walking days, getting to the end of the world as the Romans knew it – and getting ready…
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June 1st – Almost There
It’s been a long journey. Starting on April 24 at St-Jean-Pied-de-Port in France, over the Pyrenees into Spain. A few wet and muddy days, many sunny clear days. Always following the yellow arrows, shells and other way-signs. We saw majestic church buildings and quiet, wide open wheat fields, bridges and sculptures, and flowers, so many…
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31 May – Sarria and the Last 100 K
We made it to Sarria. Sarria is known for being the usual starting point for the last 100 kms of the Camino Francés to Santiago, the one we’ve been walking since April 24. In 2024, more than 150,000 pilgrims started the Camino in Sarria. By contrast, only about 32,000 started from St-Jean-Pied-de-Port, where we started.…
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30 May – Beautiful, Forested Walk to Samos
It was a lovely, peaceful walk today to Samos! Today I will let the pictures speak for themselves.