Monat: Juli 2018

After the long walk yesterday only 13,2 km to Tiebas today.

A small puzzle: Yesterday a person looked every few minutes in his trousers.

Who was this? And why?

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I was the person. I have got a liver spot (Leberfleck) at one thigh (Oberschenkel) and the trousers rubbed on it during walking until it was bloody. I noticed it rather late because it did not ache.

After noticing it in the albergue I went to the pharmacy (twice…. the first time it was closed because of the siesta). The man in the pharmacy said that my Spanish is better than his English… so we talked with Spanish, hands and feet and I got my desinfectant.

The next day I adhered Leukoplast to it…. that the rubbing is on the Leukoplast and not on the skin. It worked well until it fell off…. and I adhered it again and checked it… and for this I looked into my trousers several times.

The solution was that now I take slightly longer shorts…. so that the shorts are above the liver spot and the rubbing is between the trousers and the shorts.

Today the walk was relatively easy. We are now in Tiebas south of Pamplona. Soon the Camino Aragones from Somport will merge the Camino Frances with much more pilgrims…

 

 

Today we walked about 28km to Monreal.

There were vultures above me…. but as I am relatively fit I think they did not look for me….

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My smartphone starts to write funny things. Maybe because we in our group drank some small beer and a little bit of Sangria. So it is better to stop here for today.

 

 

Day 7 – Sanguesa to Monreal weiterlesen

Today there was a short route of only 10km. The next albergue is closed.

Here I had breakfast….

This is one of the two churches in Sanguesa:

My little toe is ok today.

Now I have a location where both thighs rub against each other. But I am lucky if all my health related issues are so minimal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today I walked from Artieda to Undues de Lerda about 22,5km. My little toe got a small bandage:

There were many butterflies near to the way. Here black-white ones and one on my trouser:

I stay in a small village with about 70 citizens. During dinner I could practice my almost not-existing-Spanish with a group of 4 Spaniards…

 

This is a long walking day. The albergue in Artieda is the first one in 17km… so the daily distance is 28km and with going shopping and looking for the way almost 30km.

On the way pilgrims have built towers of small rocks:

There is often a shadow, but not always….

So I have arrived. Only my left little toe has a small hotspot.

So tomorrow the distance should be shorter….

 

Today I went to San Juan de la Peña and then back to Santa Cilia. About 21km…. but it was the most tiring day because I had to go up most of the first half and down afterwards.

The scenery was great and I saw several vultures (Geier).

There were many small rocks on the way.

The old monastery of San Juan de la Peña is built into the mountain… and it is impressive to see it in reality.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Monastery_of_San_Juan_de_la_Peña

Tomorrow I go westwards…. to Santiago de Compostela and the end of the world (Cap Finisterre).

I woke up in the middle of the night. Where I am? Ok… I thought: be careful with your head, you are in a bunk bed… I put my head very carefully out of the bunk bed… tried to stand up…. ‚f… !’… and I hit with my back against the upper bed.

I washed yesterday with my hands. The socks were not dry in the morning, but this is not a problem…

I rested at the river. I felt almost like at home in Bavaria…

In the afternoon it was hot (almost 30 degrees centigrade). So I had time to think about the meseta… where it will probably even hotter… but more or less without shadows. I have several options then: stand up very early before sunrise / finish earlier before the heat in the afternoon / more water to damp the clothes.

Today I went about 24km. Then I was swimming… the small swimming bath is free for pilgrims.

 

 

 

 

I woke up in Jaca. Then I noticed, that I had not used my earplugs. I would say that was a good night. 1st Day: Somport – Castiello de Jaca weiterlesen

On Thursday I started my journey with the bus in Munich. Bodensee, Switzerland and then France. The first half of the night was not really funny…. but then I had luck: The woman next to me left the bus.

As the sun rose again I was already close to Barcelona.

Pedestrians do not worry about red traffic lights in Barcelona…. even if small children and a policecar are very close. I think I could get used to that.

The sagrada familia gets renovated.

I looked for a yellow arrow or a shell where the Camino should be Barcelona…. but haven’t found one.

Next bus stops are Huesca and then Jaca where I want to stay tonight in the alburgue. Here I found a nice shell.

And, yes, I would understand the Spanish people much better if they would talk much slower. Maybe I need a big sign: ‚Hablas mas despacio, por favor‘ ( speak slower, please )