4 November 2024
There were fewer people at the bar when I went to pick up my bocadillo at 8, but it wasn't close to empty. The bocadillo was still warm and I decided to have some of it before heading to bed.
I got a slightly earlier start, it...
3 November 2024
I think I have, indirectly, been experiencing some effects of the fiesta this weekend. There wasn't much to eat at the bar yesterday, although communication issues may have exacerbated things. When I got to the bar, it was super...
2 November 2024
The Camino Torres is not named after towers; it is named after Diego de Torres Vilarroel, who is said to have walked it on his pilgrimage to Santiago. But don't let the pilgrimage fool you, he had quite the reputation, and not...
To Ávila
An early start, blissfully, for the first time this camino, in a bath long enough for a normal height northern European male to fit in comfortably.
Less than an hour after starting, I was at the delightfully named Puerto de...
The slightly tiresome rivalry between the caminos de Levante and Sureste appears to be continuing. Mapy.cz seems to be siding with the Sureste, as it sent me from Torrijos to Escalona vía Noves and Quismondo. Very pleasant, with coffee at 10km...
I live in a country with a 'closed' currency, so I have no option but to travel with dollars. Only pre-paid credit cards are available from the banks, and there is a very low limit on how much you can deposit/spend per month. There are many...
A (soon to be ex) friend sent me a link to a Pinterest page about the Camino. My feed is now full of things like
I remember starting out from SJPP in 2001 with an A4 list of refugios and a credential - How...
A bright clear morning after last night's son et lumière. A kind lady in Toledo's turísmo, with a little help from mapy.cz, found me a route out of town walking past the El Greco miradors
and not needing a bus to get me back on my route. Also...
Seeing how close the Camino de Levante was on the map, I had been tempted to go back to Almonacid de Toledo to see if its Kuki Bar was as dirty and unwelcoming as I remembered it, and if the cockroaches in the municipal swimming pool/albergue...
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