Blogs from Ponferrada, Castile & León, Spain, Europe - page 3

Stubborn, Determined or Dumb... They might all be the same word in my case. Molly would always say to me, "I really think it's amazing that despite all of your injuries and sickness you still are carrying on... I don't know if that means you are really stubborn or just a very determined person." I would have to say that I am a little bit of both, and also perhaps a little dumb. No, not dumb, just... well let's just stick with determined, it sounds better. Day 30: Acebo to Ponferrada Journal Entry-------------------- Monday April 30th, 2012 I was able to sleep in this morning bringing my total hours of sleep to 10! ...and I was still tired. Molly and I had a little breakfast at the bar and then the man that works there drove ... read more

After about 1 million hours of flying we arrived in Madrid, grabbed the rental car and hit the road. We got on the road about 7:30 am local time, and had a three hour drive to Ponferrada. Madrid is definitely in the "pampas". It was like driving through a slightly hillier version of Oklahoma, very intensively cultivated with corn, wheat, etc. Every town we drove by would have some sort of historic site, usually a large church or cathedral at the center of town and a few had good size castles. The temperature got pretty hot, nothing compared to Phoenix, I'd say mid 90's with some humidity. By the time we got to Ponferrada we were pretty exhausted. We began what would become a recurring theme of circling each town for about 30 minutes trying to ... read more

Monday 27th September - continued... In Astorga. Armando and I went for Pizza, not bad, but terrible service. When we came out Guy and Johan were chatting outside in the plaza, so we sat with in the sun with them for a while. I mentioned to Johan (I´d been talking about it for days to Armando), that I was dying for a bath. He offered the use of his hotel room for an hour, so I could have a bath. WOW....who would think something so simple could get me so excited!! And also, another example of how, on the camino, you just seem to get everything you ask for. Anyway, I took him up on his offer, and had a bath. What a treat. I felt a bit like a princess, it was great just to ... read more