Camino

that time I hiked 1300 km

Camino, Day 37-40: On non-stop rain, camino quotes and hospital visits

Disclaimer: if you thought the hotel-on-fire was dramatic, wait ‘till you’ve reached the end of this one.    The albergue in Cacabelos had a coffee machine that could be used for free, so the first thing we did in the morning was set coffee. Or like, try to set coffee, because it quickly developed into […]

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Camino, Day 34-36: On cold mornings, distressed cows and fika breaks (70.11 km)

My morning in Astorga started, predictably, at five in the morning. The evening before I had gotten back to the room at around nine, but all my roommates were already sleeping except for one. Nice, because I wouldn’t be woken up by people getting back late. Less nice, because this also meant that four of

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Camino, Day 31-33: On pralines, dentist offices and chocolate (62.50 km)

Small disclaimer: I share a lot in these blogs and at the same time I keep a lot of things to myself. However, I also want to find that sweet spot between keeping some emotions private and making it seem like everything in my life is absolutely grand. While writing these blog posts I had

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Camino Day 28-30: On wheat fields, insects from hell and pasta carbonara (82.49 km)

During our dinner the evening before, Michael, Melissa and I decided on meeting down in the courtyard of the albergue at 6.30. Now, the evening before I had also been excited about the prospect of getting to sleep in a womens-only albergue, since this meant the chance of having heavy snorers was going down. Alas,

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