Virtual walk from Acebo to Molinaseca

[Deleted member 3000]

Google Street View covers many of the segments of the Camino Frances. For example, you can start at the link below, and follow the road from Acebo to Molinaseca (and into Ponferrada and on to Villafranca and up the Valcarce valley to O Cebreiro). You could have started in Astorga, too. In places, the Google camera sticks to roads, so you have to settle for watching the pilgrimage route cross the highway. It is a fun way to occupy a few minutes...

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=molinasec ... 2,,0,12.91

 

[Stephen-Belfast]

"It's a fun way to occupy a few minutes..."
It is indeed. On a cold, dark, and wet Belfast morning it brings back some good memories.

 

[SisterPearl]

WOW, this brings back some crystal-clear memories! It was a misty morning when I left EL Acebo, and I watched the sunrise as I walked out of the village and down the mountain. I ate so many blackberries that day, I was afraid I would get sick!

Thank you so much for sharing this link! I am a Spanish Teacher in the USA, and I have been sharing some of my Camino experiences with my students... what a marvellous supplement to my stories and my lessons!

 

[tyrrek]

Ha ha! SisterPearl, there was a guy selling cherries as we approached Molinaseca in May. We almost made ourselves sick as well. Maybe this should be a new thread; 'Which fruit made you most sick on the Camino?'

 

[Deleted member 3000]

Re: Virtual walk from Astorga to Cruz de Ferro

OK. Now you can start at the cathedral in Astorga and "walk" to the Iron Cross. You will have to stick to the road before Santa Catalina de Somoza and after Rabanal, but you can see Foncebadon as you go by...

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Astorga,+ ... 2,,0,-9.69