October 7 Villafranca del Bierzo – Photo Walk on Way to Doctor’s Office
October 7 Villafranca del Bierzo – Beautiful walk
Beautiful walk to the doctor’s office this morning. Slept all day and night and I’m sure the fever is gone.
Posted by phone
October 6 Villafranca del Bierzo – Tunnel
October 6 Villafranca del Bierzo: Sick Day
No walking today. Taxi to Villafranca Del Bierzo to see the doctor. My daughter, Camille Court, is also afflicted with the occasional respiratory infection that moves in like a freight train. Some antibiotics and rest will keep it from turning into a much bigger deal. I already had rest days booked for tomorrow and the next day, so with three days recuperating, I’ll be ready to tackle that mountain!
October 5 Camponaraya Potatoes Anyone?
Just a side note: When I retired a year and a half ago, I couldn’t walk 1.5 miles without a break or two if any incline was involved. So I started walking. And walking. I have no idea what kind of weight loss this trek will do, but with the walking and very little attention to caloric intake, I was down about 40 pounds before I left. Persistence and consistency. In very small increments. And I can do this. I don’t go as far or as fast as I would have at 62, but 72 is doing it.
October 5 Camponaraya & Ponferrada – Wanderings
October 5 Ponferrada – Onward
October 5 Ponferrada – Always Somethin’
As Rosanne Roseanna Danna used to say, It’s always somethin’ but I now have a Spanish SIM card. Went to the Orange store-can’t look up my account because I have French SIM. Want to buy a Spanish SIM. Out of stock until Monday -but! A store in the mall has them. Walk to the mall. Wait one hour while a new phone customer is served. Got my card. Done. Took some photos in Ponferrada as I got lost a few times.
Posted by phone
October 5 Ponferrada & Camponaraya – Today’s Adventure
Editor in chief here back in Kansas City. Mary has had quite the day. Suffice it to say she has finally arrived at her lodging for the night.There may well be further tales to illuminate her readers after she takes a nap and perhaps finds some nourishment.
She also has a new SIM card – one that speaks Spanish – so to speak… She had stopped into the Orange store (the outfit that supports her SIM card), and the vendor couldn’t help her because it was a French SIM card. The advice was to replace the card with a Spanish SIM card.
She went to the mall in Ponferrada but had to wait a considerable length of time to get it hooked up and running.
The photos at the bottom were used to help me understand where she was so I could advise which way to go… not a very fluid process…
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Tomorrow’s another day. More later.
October 5 Ponferrada – Villager Angel
Approaching Ponferrada. Citizen angel: A French couple and I were about to cross the street to follow Camino signs.A lady out for her morning walk started shouting to us, No! No! Then she, who spoke only Spanish, communicated to me (only English), and the couple (only French) that we were about to take the route that was 4 km longer than the walk in front of us. Then she proceeded to walk in front of us until we came to the intersection where the longer route met our route.
Here she is leading the way.
