Camino Primitivo, Day 5

Bodenaya – Tineo

 

Walking constantly and slowly uphill, little waterfalls, stonewalls overgrown with moss and flowers and ancient chapels made the path a pure treat.

 

 

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Another pair of shoes

 

 

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Foxclove

 

 

Ancient stone chapel El Christo de los Afligidos (15th century) used in former times also as a Hospiz.
Ancient stone chapel El Christo de los Afligidos (15th century) used in former times also as a Hospiz.

 

 

 

 

The Camino often passes the typical Spanish cemeteries – tiny houses standing side-by-side surrounded by a wall.
The Camino often passes the typical Spanish cemeteries – tiny houses standing side-by-side surrounded by a wall.

 

 

In Bedenaya, I passed the highly recommended private albergue. Even in early morning the albergue was filled already for the night.
In Bedenaya, I passed the highly recommended private albergue. Even in early morning the albergue was filled already for the night.

 

Past rain and tunnels of trees, where hardly any sunshine can penetrate through the leaves, made the path to a muddy adventure. Sometimes there was no way out but to just step into the sludge.

 

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But other times the path was winding through the meadows like a dry little creek. It was pure joy walking on it, feeling the ground, listening to birds and bees and discovering flowers I never saw before.

 

 

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Late afternoon, I arrived in the town Tineo. Its history goes back to the Romans. The town became rich during the Roman times because of the gold found in the area. In the middle Ages, a law forced every pilgrim on the Camino Primitivo to walk through Tineo. This became a very profitable source of income for the town.

 

 

Ann (from France) and Andreja (from Slovenia) in front of the public albergue in Tineo studying the map
Ann (from France) and Andreja (from Slovenia) in front of the public albergue in Tineo studying the map

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

gwwien
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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