30/7
Started walking and soon got to a ruin village with only one standing building, the albergue. Apparently, the guy running the place is a Templar Knight. Walked down the mountain, enjoying each step. The view was AMAZING. I couldn´t believe it got prettier each step I took. In the end got to a small city called Ponferada. There was a Templar castle over there, very impressing on the outside. Not so on the inside. There was a group of deaf people playing Taki (or Uno) in the albergue. It was very funny to watch. They taught me how to say "Buenos dias" in sign language (and if you don't know what "Buenos dias" means, go look it up). Had macaroni for dinner with P&P and went to sleep.
31/7
I was woken up at 6 am by the hosts who turn on the light. It was the first time on the Camino I felt someone was kicking me out. Most of the day was walking straight, near vineyards and wheat fields. It's funny. It is though someone has taken the road from St. Jean pied the port to Astorga and squeezed it into 3 days. Got to a nice place between the hills named Villa Franca del Biezro. Went to a nice distant archeological albergue. After it being gray all day it finally started to rain. Heavily.
Walked 606 km, only 176 km to go...
Buen Camino!
new pics!
31 ביולי 2008
29 ביולי 2008
Foncebadon
25/7 (part 2)
So, apparently there´s a medieval festival Saturday-Sunday. I made dinner with some German people (soup, rice and some fried vegetables) and as we started eating on the patio, a gazillion people showed up with sausages, bread, drinks and fine wine. They organized a fiesta for all the albergue in honor of Santiago´s day. We ate and drank and I finally felt like I was in Spain :). I went out for a beer with Pedro and Petro (P&P) and we came back to the albergue just as a few people finished singing a song from each country they came from. There was a guitar, so I was asked to do a few songs in Hebrew. After trying to remember the chords for any song I did "Kohavim al esh ktana" and "Parparim levanim". We went to bed when people were celebrating outside till 4am...
26/7 20 km
Got up and had breakfast (P&P brought me a banana and a Spanish girl named Elsa gave me a small yogurt). Started walking with a really nice Canadian teacher named James. Cough up with P&P near Leon. Went to an albergue opened 24h and went out to see Leon. The center of the city is filled with medieval buildings. The cathedral is very pretty on the outside, but not like the one in Burgos. On the other hand, the inside is magnificent! I have never seen so much stained glass in my life. During the few hours I spent in the area, there were at least 6 weddings in the cathedral, just one after the other. I was sick and tired of Pocadillas (Spanish sandwich) for lunch, so I had a Shawarma at some Turkish/Pakistan place. It turned out to be a BAD idea. I met P&P for beer and tapatos later (I only had a coke to straight out my stomach). Sat with James and an Irish man named Tary for another coke and some flun. They had to run to their albergue which closes at 21:30, and I stayed and got lost in this wonderful city. Saw the cathedral lead at night(23:00 before it´s still too bright) and went to sleep.
27/7 26.1 km
The road was pretty ugly today. Most of it near the highway. Got lost a bit on the way, but manage to find my way to San Martin del Camino. Got to an alburgue without any hosts. Met P&P and had lunch, a siesta and went to see the village. We were only 8 people in the albegue, probably the rest stayed in the newer ones a few hundred meters back. Had sore feet especially on the cushions. The kilometers are starting to show.
It rained just for a bit. Luckily, my laundry was dry :)
28/7 22.8 km
Woke up and started getting organized. Just before I left the host showed up and wanted 3 Euro from me and the other guy who didn´t leave yet. The view was different today, I´m back to the mountains and forests. Got to a small city named Astorga. There´s a nice small cathedral, a nice Gudi palace, and old walls you can walk on. Went to a physiotherapist to check my legs. He gave me a foot massage and put some hot clay on my feet. I felt like hundreds of kilometers went off my feet. Had trout for dinner (the local fish). Funny thing, they only clean it from scales, the inside organs are kept and cooked with the fish.
29/7 26.3 km
The way was magnificent! Lots of hills trees and purple flowers. I´m back to that amazing landscape. I´m in a very small village on top of a mountain 1500m high (climbed 500m)
Walked 555 km, only 227 more.
Buen Camino!
So, apparently there´s a medieval festival Saturday-Sunday. I made dinner with some German people (soup, rice and some fried vegetables) and as we started eating on the patio, a gazillion people showed up with sausages, bread, drinks and fine wine. They organized a fiesta for all the albergue in honor of Santiago´s day. We ate and drank and I finally felt like I was in Spain :). I went out for a beer with Pedro and Petro (P&P) and we came back to the albergue just as a few people finished singing a song from each country they came from. There was a guitar, so I was asked to do a few songs in Hebrew. After trying to remember the chords for any song I did "Kohavim al esh ktana" and "Parparim levanim". We went to bed when people were celebrating outside till 4am...
26/7 20 km
Got up and had breakfast (P&P brought me a banana and a Spanish girl named Elsa gave me a small yogurt). Started walking with a really nice Canadian teacher named James. Cough up with P&P near Leon. Went to an albergue opened 24h and went out to see Leon. The center of the city is filled with medieval buildings. The cathedral is very pretty on the outside, but not like the one in Burgos. On the other hand, the inside is magnificent! I have never seen so much stained glass in my life. During the few hours I spent in the area, there were at least 6 weddings in the cathedral, just one after the other. I was sick and tired of Pocadillas (Spanish sandwich) for lunch, so I had a Shawarma at some Turkish/Pakistan place. It turned out to be a BAD idea. I met P&P for beer and tapatos later (I only had a coke to straight out my stomach). Sat with James and an Irish man named Tary for another coke and some flun. They had to run to their albergue which closes at 21:30, and I stayed and got lost in this wonderful city. Saw the cathedral lead at night(23:00 before it´s still too bright) and went to sleep.
27/7 26.1 km
The road was pretty ugly today. Most of it near the highway. Got lost a bit on the way, but manage to find my way to San Martin del Camino. Got to an alburgue without any hosts. Met P&P and had lunch, a siesta and went to see the village. We were only 8 people in the albegue, probably the rest stayed in the newer ones a few hundred meters back. Had sore feet especially on the cushions. The kilometers are starting to show.
It rained just for a bit. Luckily, my laundry was dry :)
28/7 22.8 km
Woke up and started getting organized. Just before I left the host showed up and wanted 3 Euro from me and the other guy who didn´t leave yet. The view was different today, I´m back to the mountains and forests. Got to a small city named Astorga. There´s a nice small cathedral, a nice Gudi palace, and old walls you can walk on. Went to a physiotherapist to check my legs. He gave me a foot massage and put some hot clay on my feet. I felt like hundreds of kilometers went off my feet. Had trout for dinner (the local fish). Funny thing, they only clean it from scales, the inside organs are kept and cooked with the fish.
29/7 26.3 km
The way was magnificent! Lots of hills trees and purple flowers. I´m back to that amazing landscape. I´m in a very small village on top of a mountain 1500m high (climbed 500m)
Walked 555 km, only 227 more.
Buen Camino!
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