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Camino 2018 - Days 15-21

Day 17 – Carrión de la Condes to Terradillos de Los Templarios

After a great sleep in the old monastery hotel, we headed out to another cool, sunny morning…with one distinct change.  The prevailing easterly wind that had been at our backs for the last week was now coming straight out of the west at 10-15 miles per hour.  This wind was in our face consistently all day.  The …

Camino 2018 - Days 15-21

Day 16 – Boadilla del Camino to Carrión de Los Condes

We began the day with a chilly 3-mile walk out of Boadilla del Camino along the edge of the Canal de Castilla.  It reminded us of our lucky time living along the Thames River in Richmond outside London.  The flowing water…the cold breeze…the singing birds…all reminded us of London.  The bright sunshine…we do not recall …

Camino 2018 - Days 15-21

Day 15 – Hontanas to Boadilla del Camino

We stayed in the small village of Hontanas last night…right next to the 14th century church of the Immaculate Conception.  Although we had no internet connection, we had gone to bed confident that our iPhone alarms would wake us promptly at 6:30am.  Not to worry, though…the bells of the church gonged every hour on the …

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Day 14 – Burgos to Hontanas

Connectivity issues prevented us from posting Tuesday’s recap…so today we will be providing posts for both Days 14 (April 24) and Day 15 (April 25)…a “Twofer Wednesday”. Upon leaving Burgos today…we were scheduled to enter the Meseta…Spain’s high plateau desert….during the afternoon of our 30KM/18 mile walk.  We had been forewarned that these next 7-8 …

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Day 13 – San Juan de Ortega to Burgos

Today we arrived in Burgos, the capital of the province of Burgos, in the autonomous region of Castille and Leon. The change in venue from morning until afternoon was drastic.  We began the day in a small burg (San Juan de Ortega) of 20 people and finished the afternoon walking into a city with a …

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Day 12 – Belorado to San Juan de Ortega

Site administrator note – WiFi coverage was insufficient in the village of San Juan de Ortega to load photo files.  The attached post is text only.  This post for Sunday, April 22, will be updated with photos Monday evening, April 23rd.  We hope to be better looking tomorrow.   It was a rather challenging day …

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Day 11 – Santo Domingo de la Calzada to Belorado

Even though the guidebook described it as a “tranquil walk” today, Sarah held us to a torrid pace today and we completed our 24K/15 mile hike by 2pm….our earliest finishing time to date.  When we checked into our room at the “casa rural”, I was expecting I might get criticized for not keeping up, but …

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Day 10 – Najera to Santo Domingo de la Calzada

Today was a relatively short day for us – a gradual uphill all day, but only 24 kilometers or 15 miles. The weather continues to be perfect – sunny, temperatures in the high 60s, and a cool breeze at our backs pushing us along through postcard-worthy fields and vineyards.  So it was a relatively easy …

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Day 9 – Logrono to Najera

The theme for our post today is wine…as today’s 30Km/18 mile walk was fully in the beautiful wine-making country of the Rioja region.  On all sides of us we were surrounded by fields with vines waiting to bloom and we passed a few “bodegas”, large wine warehouses.  (Not to be confused with a New York …