Category: Camino Frances 2022
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Camino Frances day 8: Cirueña to Belorado (28,62km)
Woke up early to be at what promised to be a great breakfast place in Cirueña. Closed 15minutes after official opening time (opened like an hour after that). I was not going to wait, so I walked to the next village. Again, everything closed. Finally, in Grañón I got some food. It tasted horrible, but…
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Camino Frances day 7: Navarrete to Cirueña (31,01km)
First week is done! 4 more to go. A total of 204km of dust, sweat and memories behind me. 20% of total max distance done and 1/4 of the way to Santiago. If I manage to keep up this pace, then all my goals will be accomplished on this trip. With today, the physical challenge…
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Camino Frances day 6: Torres del Rio to Navarette (32,17km)
Viana is visible on the horizon. That was the last place in the Navarra region. For today and tomorrow I am travelling through La Rioja. There are vineyards everywhere here. Grapes seem to be almost ready too. I started hiking at sunrise today. I felt a little slow at first and also a Portuguese pilgrim…
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Camino Frances day 5: Estella to Torres del Rio (29,07km)
First I would like to thank Pilgrims Oasis Food Truck for coming all the way in the middle of nowhere every day to bring joy to pilgrims. It is a hard 12,5km stretch without any shade from town to town. Relaxing in a pop-up rest area with cold drinks and warm food available is simply…
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Camino Frances day 4: Uterga to Estella (28,88km)
The place I stayed yesterday had only one other person than me – a roughly 65-year-old English lady with potential Alzheimer’s. She woke up at 4am in the morning and kept packing and unpacking her things for 2+ hours while constantly visiting the bathroom. The day before, I noticed that she kept forgetting lights on…
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Camino Frances day 3: Zabaldica to Uterga (24,72km)
I very bravely ran out the door at 6am to escape the heat for as long as possible. By the evening it was +39 degrees, but I had already finished walking at midday, since all courage was replaced with concern about heat. The first big event was Pamplona, which has suburbs that have more than…
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Camino Frances day 2: Burguete to Zabaldika (31,08km)
This day was harsh. I woke up around 5am and could not fall asleep anymore because the person in the bottom bunk was snoring and shaking constantly. Now I could nicely go hiking at 6am and escape some of the heat later in the day. The day was hard because now I had to descend…
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Camino Frances day 1: Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port to Burguete (27,33km)
The first day is the hardest day. I chose to take one of six alternative routes I will use during this journey. More to find out and explore. This alternative route had a 1114m elevation climb which almost all was in 3 kilometers! In Saint-Jean-Pier-de-Port (SJPdP) I went on the Winter pilgrimage route (almost everyone…
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Camino Frances day 0: Travel to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port
Two planes, one bus and two trains later, I got from home to the beginning of the journey. Despite some logistical difficulties around trains, it was managed all in one day. Got here early enough to get stamped in the local pilgrim office and go uphill to see the fortress and landscape views. It is…
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Camino Frances day -1: Packing and preparation
The story of this journey begins three years ago. I had just been back from Camino Portuges and a few days later seriously injured my knee. Walking was difficult for weeks and even a year later it was not easy to start longer walks again. Last year, when I was cycling across Estonia, the knee…
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