Author: Charles Crowley
Bathtubs in fields
We have talked about this in previous blogs but yesterday we encountered the first ones of this trip. And what is better than a bathtub in a field? A burro drinking out of a bathtub in a field!
Little churches
I am enthralled by little churches we encounter. Here’s one from yesterday.
4/14,4/15 WynChar Diary
Diary days missed: 1Brass bands at 8 am on Sunday morning: 1Bath tubs in fields: 7Portugalete outdoor moving sidewalks ridden: 4Irish Stephen Fry look-alikes encountered: 1Public transports used: 3Same hotel as 2018: 1 Northern Spain had a great weekend, sunny and warm beach weather both days. On Saturday we enjoyed the San Telmo celebrations in
4/13, Orio to Zumaia
7.1 miles. We skipped some in the middle due to the warm weather. Also probably walked about 2 miles around Zumaia.
4/13 WynChar Diary
Z-towns visited: 2 (Zarautz and Zumaia, a big Z-day for us)Z-town festivals stumbled upon by chance: 1Surf towns visited: 1Proud Basque taxi drivers: 1American pilgrims talked to: 3Fish dishes: 1 (sea bass)Outdoor elevators ridden: 1Alcohol units: 0 (no sidra today)Rectilinear churches encountered: 1Places named after me: 1 Zarautz is the main surfing town along this
4/12, San Sebastian to Orio
Today we walked 8.0 miles in 5:00 hours, moving time 3:33. That’s Charlie’s moving time. He walks a little faster than Wynette and periodically stops to wait for her. The Wikiloc app is really good at detecting motion and pauses. Elevation gain of 974 feet and loss of 1411 feet (we started high)
Braille
IPA braille encodes the International Phonetic Alphabet so the braille for the same word is different in different languages, note the zones in Spanish, French and Basque. The surprised me when I saw it because I thought of braille as a language. I was also surprised that “/“ was rendered as a single dot. I