Blogs from Navarre, Spain, Europe - page 10

Just finished day 3 of the Camino.The travel over went well. Landed in Paris at >Charles de Gaulle airport then took the subway to Orly Airport(23 stops on the Metro) the flew Air France to Biarritz. Was picked up by the prearranged service and driven to St John where we got a bed in the local municipal Aurberge.Later in the day they ran out of rooms. Was awAKENED AT 6 am AND HAD A BRIEF BREAKFAST. Then started the most physically demanding day of my life. It was uphill, switchback, more uphill, switchback, more uphill(you get the idea).Finally mad4 it to Rochvalles where we stayed in a very nice hostel run by the Dutch. Had a pilgrim´s dinner consisting of soup, duck and potatoes, and desert. THEN WENT TO A pILGRIM´S MASS held in an ancient ... read more

Yesterday we decided to spend one more day in what has been the best Albergue so far, Casa de Austria.... best staff, great beds, beautiful house, .... this was day 3 in this hostel so we felt quite at home already. Left the hostel at 830am to have them clean and returned a little later and waited in the beautifull front terras till noon for it to reopen. No hassle to get back in. The hospitaliero even smiled and said, dont have to show you guys around right? We sat outside with a german beer in hand, while Thomas played the guitar. Started talking to the pilgrims that were arriving about dinner. We had a big table of 21 the night before. today promised to be even bigger. Everyone offered to help with grocery shopping with ... read more

Woke up at 5am this morning with a sore throat and a bad caugh... nothing to worry about. Probably the good air and breathing while smoking.... yes yes I am still smoking, dumbass... Just caughing my lungs out when I am done walking up hill on a mountain, which is pretty much all day...Lol It was a rough day today. Pain in my leg, sore feet, overheated, .... but it s the Camino friends that keep you going. The whole way Thomas and I walked together and we kept eachother going. The people I hang out with a amazing humans. Kind, easy going and all very down to earth. It s no wonder that I enjoy hanging out with all of them every day. It s more than I expected and the people make this walk ... read more

Started the day at 430am. Couldn't sleep in a room of 100 beds...repacked my backpack a couple times and got rid of some books that were way to heavy to carry around. Met up with the Germans at 645am and started walking for 20km. Current pedometer count: 72000 steps at end of day 2. Not bad I would say. It s intersting how fast my german comes back, listening that is.... speaking not so much, but they understand English and speak it very well. Most of the day was down hill, which suprisingly is almost as hard as going uphill... No sun today so that was good. Not as hot as yesterday so a little more comfortable walking hence the fact that we arrived at the hostel at 1pm already. First thing is taking off the ... read more

June 7 Well - another night - no sleep. Tanya and I were in bunks 171 & 172 - the last two on the first floor and as it turns out the ones right beside the women's showers and toilettes. We were excited to see we were with a middle age Dutch couple - very quiet. We were even more excited to see Angus was on another floor and Damian was at the opposite end of the floor. We fell asleep right away - it was short lived. The sound of flip flops sclerching on the stoned floor started around 11pm - followed by the closing of the door and flushing of the toilettes - with 172 people -1/2 women -it was like a non stop toilette symphony. At about 4:30 am the keeners started to ... read more