So we can’t forget any of the people we met....



Jim and Paula, from California and Maine.  Our first night.  They were finished. 

 Alburgue Commander....I call him Jean Jacques....At Refuge Orrison. 
 The guy on the left is probably Jean Jacques.  With the Alburgue Commander in Chief.


 First dinner on Camino.  Refuge Orrison.  Luis or Steve, Mike, Theresa (from Florida).  Jan, Cameron and Juanita. Mike, Theresa, Cameron and Juanita were our bunk mates.
 Luis, coldest beer ever!

Santiago.  Two years in a row on the Camino.

Nancy Hill from Portland

The guy on the right is blind.  



Three pictures with the girl and her wine

Werner and Miriam from Holland

Us, Juanita and Cameron and Cary and Jonno 

A different kind of hat

Kaspar, smartest man in Copenhagen.  (Certainly, the smartest we know!)

Our mates

It was way too hot for that outfit...

Nancy Hill, Jan, Miriam, Werner

Restaurant owner and Jan in Santo Domingo
Linda from Denver

A young woman and her baby at a hostel around 9:30 pm

Just some colorful people adjusting footwear

Mark from Canada.  Had bad blisters.  We lost touch.

Random folks on the side of the road 

Two ladies (one named Ann) from Denver.)

Just a random guy on the side of the road

Australians praying before they begin.  Leaving Logrono

Julian from the UK

Very cute Alburgue.  Very well run by this guy!

On the left, a man without a country, lives on the Camino, from Belgium.  On the right, a man from California, formerly a psychologist

Beer for breakfast

No wonder he needed a beer for breakfast.  It was not that cold.  

Forest Gump at a hostel. 
Haley from Melbourne, Australia

Win and Roberta.  We liked them but we lost track of them.


Jan, Dorian (UK born in South Africa), Debra Jarvis, Moritz and Marco.  (He later told us he was injured.  Kaput, he said.)

Our favorite proprietor

Liev and Ann with Jan

Joy, New Zealand and a French Canadian

Liev from Sweden

French engineer.

Glen from San Francisco and our little beers. 

Heather from Canada

Nick from Australia in St. Nicolas

Another French Canadian

Ann from Bath

White shoes on the Camino?

Cheryl from Queensland Australia

Pedro, our proprietor


Jane from Wales

Ann

One German, two from Netherlands?

American (Ohioan) engineer

Cameron’s favorite lunchtime beverage

Steve, Jan, Ginger and Kurt

Jan one from NC and me, Jan two
Jan one is from Jacksonville NC

The second haircut this year and the second one in two years with this barber.

Werner and Anita from the Netherlands

He carried that guitar over 800 km 
They wanted to talk, but we didn’t have enough language to make it work. 

He liked to kiss the girls and give us a biscuit. 

She was very pretty. 

Sandra’s arrival. 

Genevieve, from Australia

The kissing guy 

Our dear friend, Helen

The guy in the middle runs an out of the way coffee/snack stop

Sheryl and Suzanna

Mary Ann


Ramon

Didn’t get his nationality, but the others were more creative

Our mates

The other Jan

Adelaide and Duncan from Australia...Also from Refuse Orrison

Elizabeth from Canada

Scott and Joellen

Albert from Columbia

Ginger and Kurt from Alabama

This guy carried his guitar the whole except when his girlfriend carried it. 

Neidy jumping for joy in the square in Santiago

Met Neidy and James early on.  Belizian

Our dear friend Helen. 

My hairstylist

Cheryl from Australia
Just two lovely random folks early in the day

From left, two California teachers, unknown, Steve from Puerto Rico, unknown 

Our mates, plus Nathalie

Nathalie met us.  Unbelievably nice of her.  

Guitar man and a friend. 

Yvonne, Sandra walked with her a number of time. 

More Sandra friends. 

The octopus pusher. 

Brent from Canada who had walked 1800 km

Nat, nat in Santiago

Juanita, always swimming up stream. 

Our mates in Finestera 

Cameron

Really...white canvas tennis shoes to hike in?

Just a random lady bringing in items from her garden

Mike and Theresa in Santiago

Our taxi driver 

Just love these guys smiles.  Don’t know their names.

One of the guitar men in Santiago.  
And as an incredible bonus, Nat Nat in Nam, showed up in Santiago from her Jerusalem Pilgrimage!  Thank you Nathalie for making the effort!

Comments

Gary cole said…
Followed your trip, looks like you had a great adventure. Kudos for tackling such a physical trip and still smiling at the end! Congratulations to you and Steve. Now you will be back just in time for the start of Basketball and to cheer on the Tar Heels.
Anonymous said…
We had such fun with y’all! Hope to see you both again soon. Ginger and Kurt

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