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Welcome to Our Blog - Camino de Madrid

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Welcome to our Camino Madrid blog!  Over the span of 12 days in April 2022 we completed this 322 km pilgrimage route from Madrid to Sahagun, Spain.  It was a wonderful experience that was unlike any of our previous pilgrimages over the years.   After completing the Camino Madrid we continued our walk on the Camino France for 2 days, hiking from Sahagun to Leon.  From there we walked the Camino San Salvador to Oviedo, before trekking the Camino Primitivo to Santiago de Compostela. Thank you for reading, and 'Buen Camino! About the Camino Madrid   Setting Off! Toronto to Montreal to Paris to Madrid  Camino Begins, Madrid to Tres Cantos  Birding the Camino, Tres Cantos to Manzanares el Real  Blessings of the Camino, Manzanares el Real to Las Dehesas  Roman Roads Through the Mountains, Las Dehesas to Segovia  Romulus, Remus, the Devil and Me, exploring Segovia Always Look Back, Segovia to Santa Maria la Real de Nieva  Forests, Fields, and Faith, Santa Maria la Real de Nieva
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Camino Frances Rejoined and Reflected : Sahagun to Mansilla de las Mulas to Leon

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Two days ago we finished our walk on the 322 km long Camino Madrid, walking from Spain's capital city to Sahagun, a town on the Camino Francés.  We have spent the past two days walking 55.3 km from Sahagun to Léon on the Camino Francés, making an overnight stop in Mansanilla de las Mullas along the way. Essentially we are simply connecting two routes - the Camino Madrid and the Camino San Salvador , but we have been curious about what our second time on the Camino Frances would be like.  It was an interesting experience.   We first walked the Camino Frances in 2016 , and we've come to the realization that both the Camino and we have changed since we first ventured out here.  We see now that we were incredibly fortunate to have walked this way at the right time in our lives.  It felt like a great big adventure, full of meaning and magic, and it changed the course of our lives.  It feels different to us now, and perhaps like it isn't the place for us at the present time.  We
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Location: León, Spain
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Cerrado, Cerrado, Cerrado right to the end : Villalon de Campos to Sahagun

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Well, today we finished the Camino Madrid portion of our pilgrimage, and I feel the ending was entirely perfect - the albergues and bars were 'cerrado' right up until the very end.  Nonetheless, it was a beautiful walk, the weather was gorgeous, and it was a phenomenal wildlife day.   We left the albergue just as the sun was rising, being careful not to wake the hospitaleros, who were out late last night.  We made our way to the centre of town, hoping to find breakfast, but nothing was open yet, and there were no signs that anything was about to open in the near future.  Once again, we set off down the trail with empty bellies, hoping to find breakfast somewhere along the way.  We followed the winding red dirt trail out into rolling fields of brown, green, and yellow.  The slanting golden rays of the rising sun were illuminating the young green crops and creating curving shadows across the rolling hills.  The sky was a clear blue, the air was cool and still, and the only sounds
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Location: 24320 Sahagún, León, Spain
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