{"id":83997,"date":"2014-04-24T08:56:55","date_gmt":"2014-04-24T15:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/one-year-ago-slowly-slowly\/"},"modified":"2015-08-04T07:52:47","modified_gmt":"2015-08-04T14:52:47","slug":"one-year-ago-slowly-slowly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/one-year-ago-slowly-slowly\/","title":{"rendered":"One Year Ago: Slowly, Slowly"},"content":{"rendered":"

(from my journal) <\/p>\n

Vega de Valcarce
\n2<\/span>4 April 2013<\/p>\n

\"On<\/a><\/p>\n

On the Road Again! Where’s the Coffee?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Fun hiking day in the morning, walking off and on with Smith and Tara, Santiago, and Stella and Diego.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a><\/p>\n

A Beautiful Morning!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"WHERE.<\/a><\/p>\n

WHERE. IS. COFFEE??<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"Looking<\/a><\/p>\n

Looking Like a Painting<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"Aaaah.<\/a><\/p>\n

Aaaah. Coffeeeeee.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"Sculptor's<\/a><\/p>\n

Sculptor’s Studio just outside of Cacabelos<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"Sculptor's<\/a> \"14015706973_fb339b6e07_b\"<\/a> \"13995722165_d6f8a890cb_b\"<\/a> <\/p>\n

In Villafranca del Bierzo, I mailed a box home of souvenirs, the first volume of my journal, some extra clothing, and Francine’s extra knitting project. Smith and Tara also posted home a (much lighter) box.<\/p>\n

\"Villafranca<\/a><\/p>\n

Villafranca del Bierzo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"Villafranca<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Tara,<\/a><\/p>\n

Tara, Smith, Francine walking in Villafranca del Bierzo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"Villafranca<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Villafranca<\/a><\/p>\n

Villafranca del Bierzo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"Villafranca<\/a><\/p>\n

Villafranca del Bierzo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Walking mostly on highway after Villafranca. Hugh sections of this are poorly waymarked, particularly between Trabadelo and Vega de Valcarce. Lunch in Pereje with Smith and Tara, Iain from Glasgow (who we met entering the village), and Anya from Nuremburg. <\/p>\n

\"14015801243_c1767dee3e_b\"<\/a> <\/p>\n

\"13992635881_5732542c54_b\"<\/a> <\/p>\n

\"13996254764_ec818e0c3d_b\"<\/a> <\/p>\n

\"13996273264_e6bce9dcdc_b\"<\/a> <\/p>\n

Then, the heat set in. Progress slowed to a crawl, and we finally settled into a bar in Trabedelo for several hours, drinking water and soda and trying to outlast the heat. At some point, we were joined by the vagabond Patty Kelley (of Ireland by way of Westchester – she apparently used to live right by Francine’s high school!) <\/p>\n

\"13972741666_7b7ea46f74_b\"<\/a> <\/p>\n

\"13995846715_9470951e93_b\"<\/a> <\/p>\n

\"14015865363_4cb5389e34_b\"<\/a> <\/p>\n

\"14015867373_909d44acd1_b\"<\/a> <\/p>\n

After about 4pm, we progressed by slow degrees to Vega de Valcarce, where we checked into a brand new, unlisted albergue. Dinner in town with Iain, Rose and Tom, Pippa and Ann. A great time.<\/p>\n

\"Vega<\/a><\/p>\n

Vega de Valcarce<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"Vega<\/a><\/p>\n

Vega de Valcarce<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Stayed after and had a whiskey and some conversation with Iain about tomorrow’s challenges and his work as an engineer in the oil industry.<\/p>\n

Photos! Day 23<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(from my journal) Vega de Valcarce 24 April 2013 On the Road Again! Where’s the Coffee? Fun hiking day in the morning, walking off and on with Smith and Tara, Santiago, and Stella and Diego. A Beautiful Morning! WHERE. IS. COFFEE?? Looking Like a Painting Aaaah. Coffeeeeee. Sculptor’s Studio just outside of Cacabelos In Villafranca del Bierzo, I mailed a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-camino"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1aGBK-lQN","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":86935,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/slowly-slowly\/","url_meta":{"origin":83997,"position":0},"title":"Slowly, Slowly","author":"Thom","date":"07 March 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I look like a gnome. 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