Kategorie: 2018 First Camino

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 )