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Tag: Spain

  • Camino de Santiago: Burgos

    Camino de Santiago: Burgos

    I left off my Camino recap in Pamplona. That afternoon, we caught the train to Burgos, the next major town on the Camino. For the next four days, we would be fast-forwarding through the central section of the Camino. Once we’d checked in to our hotel, we headed out to look at the town. Our…

  • Camino De Santiago: Zubiri to Pamplona

    Camino De Santiago: Zubiri to Pamplona

    We woke in Zubiri to an email from our travel company advising of a severe travel warning—the tail end of a hurricane was sending high winds and rain across Spain and France. The forecast was for fine weather from 8 am – 12 pm so we got started and walked fairly quickly without a break…

  • Camino de Santiago: Roncesvalles to Zubiri

    Camino de Santiago: Roncesvalles to Zubiri

    Continuing our pilgrimage, we left Roncesvalles around 8:00 am and started walking. I think I’ll leave the photos to do most of the heavy lifting for this day’s walk. Although the trajectory was mainly downhill, you can see from the elevation detail above that there were a few steep uphills. After the previous day’s effort…

  • Camino De Santiago: St-Jean-Pied-de-Port to Roncesvalles

    Camino De Santiago: St-Jean-Pied-de-Port to Roncesvalles

    The day had finally arrived when we would start walking. The weather forecast was for rain with thunderstorms in the afternoon and very strong winds. We did not want to get caught on top of the mountain in a thunderstorm, but there didn’t seem to be much we could do about it except leave early…