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Camino Day 26 – An Easy, But Not So Easy Day

Today’s walk from Molinaseca to Cacabelos should have been a fairly easy walk for us, but given the difficult walk yesterday combined with the fact that our hotel was across the street from Saturday night party central (little sleep), it … Continue reading

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Camino Day 25 – The Cruz de Ferro and a Demanding Walk

We weren’t quite sure what we we in store for when we started the hike this morning. We started late as I couldn’t find my hat and I think it is gone forever. I think it fell out of my … Continue reading

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Camino Day 24 – Back into the Spanish Wilderness

We left Astorga this morning around 8:30am, which is later than we normally leave to start our morning walks. It was a relatively short walk to Rabanal (20k) and we didn’t want to get there before our 2pm check in. … Continue reading

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Camino Days 22 (dull) and 23 (hardest yet)

Yesterday’s walk from Leon to Villadangos del Páramo was fairly easy and not so pretty. Most of the walk was through the Leon environs, with much of it through commercial office parks and along a main road. We stayed at, … Continue reading

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Camino Day 21 – Leon Rest Day

Did a bit of sightseeing in Leon today as we visited the Museum of San Isidoro and the Leon Cathedral. Both were well worth the small admission charge. Leon Cathedral is French Gothic and has some of the oldest stained … Continue reading

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