We caught an earlier flight from Tampa to Atlanta, avoided a short layover in Atlanta. Atlanta to Dublin was smooth. We bought public transit cards at the airport and proceeded to take the city bus from airport to our hotel. Rained on and off in Dublin. Bought umbrellas for 1.5€ each, let it rain. We …
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The Dingle Way – Tralee to Tralee
The Dingle Way Total Length: 179 kilometers (111 miles) Difficulty Level: Moderate Duration: 8 to 12 days Type: Circular route Start and finish: Tralee, Co. Kerry Geographical Location: In the south-west of Ireland in County Kerry. The Dingle Way is named after the Dingle Peninsula that it circles Total Ascent: 2,300 meters Highest point: the Masatiompan mountain at 650 meters
Going Away To Ireland Soon
Flying to Dublin May 5 doing some trains and buses and a short 12 day walk about flying back to Tampa May 28. Grand Canyon December 26, 2021
Markina to Gernika
We managed to make a 15.8 mile day into a 16.5 mile day - oops we made a wrong turn. Sunny and chilly to start off, in the 40s. Railings had the shell, symbol of the Camino. This is entering the town of Bolibar, the hometown of Simon Bolivar after whom Bolivia is named. Today …
Deba to Markina
Long day. Unending hills. Started out at 8:45 AM and finished at 4:45 PM. Whew! Todays breakfast was so good. Espresso machine, tea, fresh squeezed orange juice, quiches, breads, assorted meats and cheeses. We hated to eat and run. We started to head inland so we left the coast behind. Some of the last looks …
Getaria to Deba
Seven hours out on the trail (including coffee break at the coffee truck along the way). After a nice breakfast at our hotel we got going around 9:00 am. Looking back at Getaria, an uphill section to start the day off. Path was paved with rocks, hard on the feet Glad it wasn’t raining, the …
Orio to Getaria
Having trouble with WordPress (blog app) - wouldn’t publish yesterday’s post. Lost post, trying again. Started out in the rain, full rain gear on, rain jackets, rain pants and pack covers Nice trail, didn’t see very many walkers. Coming into first town, nice path but lots of steps to get down the the beach My …
Hondarribia to Orio
Much easier day today. Started out with stairs, more uphill, downhill, more uphill and finally a steep descent into Orio. Leaving San Sebastián. Overcast but no rain, good day for walking. Nice lane, quite a few people walking the Camino . A baby goat up in a tree. Hard to go the wrong way, the …
Hondarribia to San Sebastián
A tough 14.5 miles today, whew! Breakfast was at 8:00 and we got going at 8:45. Beautiful sunny day, jackets came off as soon as we started our first mountain climb. On our way out of town. The trail is well marked. Lots of animals today, horses, sheep, donkeys, chickens We climbed and climbed and …
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