Blog Entries tagged 'fun'
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- Samara send offOur great Canadian friends helped make our last night in Samara one to have a hard time remembering... Posted by kevindhodges in Blissfully Wanderlost | Oct 13, 2011
- EpilogueThe microcosm of my beautiful, loving and protective Camino world is finally gone, and I am surrounded by the first time in four weeks by people who feel like strangers. I watch the world fly by the window of the Posted by CharliePepper in Charlie Pepper V The Camino de Santiago | Sep 26, 2011
- Day 27 Santiago de Compostela – Negreira 18kmAfter Santiago there are way markers again, but this time they are to about three decimal places, which is irritating and unnecessary. I end up trying to ignore them, 'I've definitely walked more than .456km!' I think. The 20km is Posted by CharliePepper in Charlie Pepper V The Camino de Santiago | Sep 26, 2011
- Day 26 Arzua – Santiago de Compostela 41km I leave Arzua bright and early, unbelievably excited. The day is pretty much a blur. I see early morning Spaniards breakfasting in the first few towns, drinking beer and wine at 9am. I see road markers every kilometre, which Posted by CharliePepper in Charlie Pepper V The Camino de Santiago | Sep 26, 2011
- Day 25 Palas de Rei – Arzua 29kmSpanish people have a very interesting grasp of the concept impulse shopping. In Australia or the UK you find Mars Bars and Chupa-Chups lining the checkouts; sweet things are piled up high and enticing for last-minute lapses of reason. But Posted by CharliePepper in Charlie Pepper V The Camino de Santiago | Sep 26, 2011
- Day 24 Moimentos – Palas de Rei 30kmAll afternoon I see little notes scribbled and left on the Camino, notes in plastic pockets, wedged underneath rocks or written in chalk on walls and path markers. They continue to appear all the way to Santiago, lots of them Posted by CharliePepper in Charlie Pepper V The Camino de Santiago | Sep 26, 2011
- Day 23 Triacastela – Moimentos 39km (via Samos)Today I pass through Sarria, which signals the last 100km to Santiago. The Camino becomes packed with Spanish people at the start of their school holidays, big groups of teenagers that march along chattering and laughing. The atmosphere of the Posted by CharliePepper in Charlie Pepper V The Camino de Santiago | Sep 26, 2011
- Day 22 La Faba – Triacastela 22kmGently the path climbs up and down little hills to Triacastella and I look down over a chequered blanket of green hills and I feel like a bird flying for almost the whole day. It's cold and windy up here, Posted by CharliePepper in Charlie Pepper V The Camino de Santiago | Sep 26, 2011
- Day 21 Cacabelos – La Faba 33kmI have just passed some cows in a field, beautiful terracotta coloured cows with their calves sleeping in the sunshine. I wonder what cows think about... The following is a diary entry for a calf (imagine it shaking its floppy Posted by CharliePepper in Charlie Pepper V The Camino de Santiago | Sep 26, 2011
- Day 20 Manjarin – Cacabelos 38kmI head out early from Manjarin after a lovely breakfast with everyone. I'm walking with a Polish girl who tells me that in Poland, if they don't want to wash for a day, they say “I'm having a child's day” Posted by CharliePepper in Charlie Pepper V The Camino de Santiago | Sep 26, 2011
- Day 19 Astorga – Manjarin 32kmI'm not sure if I'm going mad, becoming schizophrenic or if I've just been walking alone for too many days, but my mind, heart and body have begun to take on different and separate persona. OK, I'm probably mad, but Posted by CharliePepper in Charlie Pepper V The Camino de Santiago | Sep 26, 2011
- Day 18 Hospital de Orbigo – Astorga 16kmMy feet smell like butter. This morning, following the advice of the Frenchies, I cover my feet with butter (because I don't have any Vaseline) which makes them slippery and ensures my socks and shoes wont rub and I wont Posted by CharliePepper in Charlie Pepper V The Camino de Santiago | Sep 26, 2011
- Day 16 Mansilla de las Mulas – La Virgen del Camino 28kmI know I've said this before but there are just so many amazing coincidences on the Camino. One girl I met from Australia had done the Camino before, and this year she decided to do a different route called the Posted by CharliePepper in Charlie Pepper V The Camino de Santiago | Sep 26, 2011
- Day 15 Calzadilla de los Hermanillos – Mansilla de las MulasToday I am walking on a stony old Roman Road, which is v. romantic but irritatingly hard on my feet. I'm sure it was amazingly smooth however many hundred years ago but right now it's rocky – architecture and engineering Posted by CharliePepper in Charlie Pepper V The Camino de Santiago | Sep 26, 2011
- Day 14 Calzadilla de la Cueza – Calzadilla de los HermanilloFinally, my friends, it has happened. I am lost. I have taken completely the wrong route, lost the Camino Frances and ended up in Calzadilla de los Hermanillos. After lunch I was supposed to have a short 5km afternoon walk Posted by CharliePepper in Charlie Pepper V The Camino de Santiago | Sep 26, 2011
- Day 13 Poblacion de Campos – Calzadilla de la Cueza 33km“Are you going all the way to Santiago?” During the first week of the Camino most people answer “yes” proudly to this question. But, after a while people start to experience the myriad of things that can go wrong on Posted by CharliePepper in Charlie Pepper V The Camino de Santiago | Sep 26, 2011
- Day 12 Castrojeriz – Poblacion de Campos 29kmEvery morning on the Camino I use my phone as an alarm clock. I typically get stuck on the top bunk, which means my phone lies next to me and risks being plummeted to the floor when it rings to Posted by CharliePepper in Charlie Pepper V The Camino de Santiago | Sep 26, 2011
- Day 11 Rabe de las Calzadas – Castrojeriz 28kmIt's a bright sunny day and two speedy Norwegian ladies zip past me sporting red hair and hot pink t-shirts. Fresh Camino-meat, I think – there is no way they have been walking for 10 days. I stop to talk Posted by CharliePepper in Charlie Pepper V The Camino de Santiago | Sep 26, 2011
- Day 10 Cardenuela Riopico – Rabe de las Calzadas 25kmWhen I get to the church of Santo Domingo I go and see the chicken, and then I rush outside to the man at the desk and say “Oh my god the chicken is dead!” He stands up, looks at Posted by CharliePepper in Charlie Pepper V The Camino de Santiago | Sep 26, 2011
- Day 9 Villafranca Mtes. de Oca – Cardenuela Riopico 24km heard a great quote this morning; “you don't walk the Camino, it walks you.” I feel that way right now with my blister, still king-sized, slowly slowly making my way out of Villafranca. There is a thick mist covering Posted by CharliePepper in Charlie Pepper V The Camino de Santiago | Sep 26, 2011
- Day 8 Granon – Villafranca Mtes. de Oca 27kmToday I saw butterflies the same colour as the sky. I saw a beetle that looked like the black-queen from a chess set, with a little bobble on it's head and flaming red stripes on it's torso. I heard a Posted by CharliePepper in Charlie Pepper V The Camino de Santiago | Sep 26, 2011
- Day 7 Najera – Granon 27kmWalking today is great. I can't believe how lucky I've been to have no terrible blisters, no back pain, leg pain, or anything! It's even difficult to stop walking sometimes. It sounds ridiculous, but you get into a rhythm and Posted by CharliePepper in Charlie Pepper V The Camino de Santiago | Sep 26, 2011
- Day 5 Los Arcos – Logrono 28kmApparently bathing your feet in salt and vinegar is good for them. One girl in Los Arcos was giving this a go and I asked her why, “you know” she said “like acidic a salad.” which confused me even more. Posted by CharliePepper in Charlie Pepper V The Camino de Santiago | Sep 26, 2011
- Day 4 Villatuerta – Los Arcos 25kmAh, walking the Camino with a hangover. This is tough. I don't get out of bed until 7.30, which is late by Camino standards, and we leave at 8. The biker boys leave later than us and wave as they Posted by CharliePepper in Charlie Pepper V The Camino de Santiago | Sep 26, 2011
- Day 3 Uterga – Villatuerta 23kmI leave Uterga surrounded by fields of long teal grasses that blow in the wind like the fur of a giant green cat being brushed one way and then the other. Roses grow insanely well here, clambering up farmhouses and Posted by CharliePepper in Charlie Pepper V The Camino de Santiago | Sep 26, 2011
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