The isolating brush along the way

Camino de Santiago de Compostela - Astorga to Rabanal del Camino

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September 29th 2015
29 September 2015, Tuesday, Stage 25, Astorga to Rabanal del Camino GPS: 13.14 miles, 4 hours 35 minutes moving, 5 hours 45 minutes from hotel to albergue Nuestra Senora del Pilar. Fitbit: 14.13 miles, 32,337 steps, 101 stairs. Left in the dark at 0701 from Pousada Real Casa de Tepa and the night clerk had to let us out for breakfast downtown and back in. We arrived 1245 at Albergue in Ra ... read more

Europe » Spain » Castile & León » Astorga

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Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in ... ... read more