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A ti, abuelcita
Day 34: Parga Natura ➡️ Goimil. DM: 28.4 mi. Day 35: Goimil ➡️ SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA. DM: 20 mi. Total Mileage: 650 trail miles My grandmother died unexpectedly last September. I just so happened to be back in the States when her health started to decline. We got a call from the Carmel hospital on […]
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The final countdown
Day 32: Lourenzá ➡️ Vilalba. DM: 26.8 mi. Elevation gain: 4232 ft Sol may be gone, but the Camino is keeping her spirit alive. I walked into town for dinner with my bunk mate, a young German gal who aspires to save the world by working for big multilaterals like the UN. You know, cuz, […]
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Estas peacocking
Day 30: Luarca ➡️ Tapia de casariego. DM: 25 mi I felt like a little kid being sent to school as Sol waved me off with a buen Camino at 6am. What if the other kids don’t like me? What if I get lost? Did I remember my lunch?! I thought I had made some headway into […]
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Sol for Sol
Day 26: Gijon ➡️ Aviles. DM: 16 mi Day 27: Aviles ➡️ Pitu. DM: 17.5 mi Day 28: Pitu ➡️ Queruas. DM: 24 mi Day 29 (Sol’s birthday): Queruas ➡️ Luarca. DM: 7 mi. PSA! Today is Sol’s birthday! On the trail, Sol shared a confession. She did not invite me to her birthday party […]
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Sergio knows best.
Day 24: Isla ➡️ Amandi: DM: 15.8 mi One week in and Sol and I are starting to resemble an old married couple. She knows I appreciate a timely 630am departure. I know she needs a caffeine hit before mile 2. She knows the needs of my verging-on-post-menopausal bladder. I know that she needs me […]
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Comme ci, comme ca
Day 22 Pendueles ➡️ Pineres de Pria. DM: 21.5 mi Day 23: Pineres de Pria ➡️ Isla. DM: 17.2 mi Sol and I have a symbiotic relationship. Her top bunk preference pairs wonderfully with my bottom bunk preference. She can talk about music artists for days — I can sing their lyrics. They’re American songs, […]
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Holmes parts the Red Sea
Day 21: Comillas ➡️ Pendules. DM: 24.4 mi Today, at mile 17, Sol called me Elizabeth Holmes. She tells me we have the same smile. She described it as maniacal. To be fair, the circumstances were pretty grim. It was pouring rain, we were walking alongside a highway, and hadn’t stopped since breakfast. Sol, if […]
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Enter Sol stage left
Day 19: Santander ➡️ Santillana Del Mar. DM: 24.5 miles 2 truths and a lie about Sol. 1. As the U16 #1 ranked tennis player in LatAm, she moved to France to train under Serena Williams’ coach. Before he was Serena Williams’ coach. 2. She has both Argentinian and Polish passports. 3. She drinks 5 […]
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The end.
Day 18: Laredo ➡️ Santander. DM: 25 mi I’ve made it! Alas, no, not to Santiago. I still have 330 miles left until I hit that bad boy. But, 303 miles, a couple blisters, and a new route later, and I have made it to the end of my solo adventure. Tomorrow brings a couple […]
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Here’s to the nuns!
Day 16: Onton ➡️ Castro Urdiales. DM: 9 mi Day 17: Castro Urdiales ➡️ Laredo. DM: 21 miles The best part of my #treatyoself day in Castro Urdiales was not staying at an albergue. A bathroom to myself? What a luxury. Albergues are not optimal for light sleepers — between the symphony of snores — […]
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