Camino Primitivo, Day 10

FONSAGRADA – OCÁDAVO-BALEIRA

 

It was already the 4th day that the path was above the clouds, alternating in a constant up and down between 3000 and 4000 feet. Deep green ravines, healthy forests and meadows, hamlets and ruins of former hospices made this over 1000-year-old path into a magical experience.

 

 

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The last mountain pass on the Camino Primitivo before Santiago , the Alto de Fontaneira (3070 feet), allowed the view to a row of windmills on the distant mountain range. A thick layer of clouds covers the valleys.

 

 

Clouds in the valley and windmills on the distant mountain range
Clouds in the valley and windmills on the distant mountain range

 

 

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In order to really enjoy the beauty around me, I walked slowly and often stopped to look at flowers and scenery. The solitude and serenity were stunning

 

 

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The beauty of the different stages of a flower was intriguing.
The beauty of the different stages of a flower was intriguing.

 

 

A typical slate roof
A typical slate roof

 

 

Hamlet on the way
Hamlet on the way

 

 

Hórreo
Hórreo

 

Late in the afternoon, I arrived in the public albergue and it was full. I had to sleep in a hotel.

 

 

Hamlet of Couto in the evening sun
Hamlet of Couto in the evening sun

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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gwwienhttps://simplyjustwalking.com
Born and raised in a village along the Danube in Austria, Traude Wild soon ventured out into the world. After a two-year program for tourism in Klesheim/Salzburg, she spent nearly a year in South Africa and Namibia. By returning back to Austria, she acquired a Master of Economics at the University of Vienna. After moving to the United States with her four children, she studied Art History at Arizona State University and stayed in the United States for fourteen years. Here, she was teaching Art History in several Universities like Webster University and University of Missouri-St. Louis. Now, she lives partially in Arizona and Vienna and works together with her husband for the University of South-Carolina, Moore School of business as Adjunct Professor organising and leading Study tours in Central Europe. She also teaches at the Sigmund Freud University in Vienna. Since 1999, she is practicing Zen meditation in the lineage of Katagiri Roshi. She loves to hike and to write and is a student of Natalie Goldberg. During her often many weeks long hikes she brings her awareness into the Here and Now, describing her experiences in an authentic way. She loves to walk pilgrimages. The longest hike so far was the 1,400 km long 88 Temple pilgrimage in Shikoku, Japan in 2016.

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