https://vitciobanu.eu/tags/walking/ Recent content in Walking on Vitalie Ciobanu Hugo en-us Tue, 22 Apr 2025 07:34:36 +0200 https://vitciobanu.eu/2025/04/17/stage-11-belorado-ages/ Thu, 17 Apr 2025 17:59:08 +0200 https://vitciobanu.eu/2025/04/17/stage-11-belorado-ages/ The Belorado to Agés stage on the Camino de Santiago turned into a long, 28+ km trek, offering a mix of easy terrain, a challenging climb and peaceful forest paths. https://vitciobanu.eu/2025/04/16/stage-10-santo-domingo-de-la-calzada-belorado/ Wed, 16 Apr 2025 21:18:49 +0200 https://vitciobanu.eu/2025/04/16/stage-10-santo-domingo-de-la-calzada-belorado/ The day was cold and windy, with relentless gusts sweeping across the open wheat fields. Every step was a battle against the elements, but we pushed forward, staying ahead of the rain for the third consecutive day. https://vitciobanu.eu/2025/04/15/stage-9-najera-santo-domingo-de-la-calzada/ Tue, 15 Apr 2025 20:29:18 +0200 https://vitciobanu.eu/2025/04/15/stage-9-najera-santo-domingo-de-la-calzada/ We set out from Nájera into the crisp morning air. Through vineyards, open fields and cold wind, we exchanged “Buen camino”s with fellow pilgrims. Cirueña’s blend of history and unexpected golf courses stood in contrast today. https://vitciobanu.eu/2024/03/31/day-7-torres-del-rio-logrono/ Sun, 31 Mar 2024 21:27:38 +0200 https://vitciobanu.eu/2024/03/31/day-7-torres-del-rio-logrono/ Ahhh, last day, 20 km only. And the total ascent was very soft, nothing hard. The morning/breakfast is already slightly described in the previous post, nothing else to mention. In general this day went by very fast. Only by mid-distance we reached the first city – Viana. The rest of the route passes through camps… https://vitciobanu.eu/2024/03/31/day-6-estella-torres-del-rio/ Sun, 31 Mar 2024 20:58:15 +0200 https://vitciobanu.eu/2024/03/31/day-6-estella-torres-del-rio/ What a day! Out of the 6 hours we were moving, I think we were under somewhat heavy rain 5 hours. About the night, all good. Comfortable beds, clean bathrooms, good service although laundry services a little too expensive – 7 euros per bag. Other than the rain during the day, the route passes through… https://vitciobanu.eu/2024/03/28/day-5-puente-de-reina-estella/ Thu, 28 Mar 2024 22:48:25 +0100 https://vitciobanu.eu/2024/03/28/day-5-puente-de-reina-estella/ The morning was hard. We got a the world champion of snoring near right near us and I barely felt asleep at around 1am and woke up many times until 5-ish when I no longer could sleep until 6, when someone’s alarm rang. Somehow that snoring guy stopped and I managed to sleep until 7.… https://vitciobanu.eu/2024/03/27/day-5-pamplona-puente-de-reina/ Wed, 27 Mar 2024 19:10:30 +0100 https://vitciobanu.eu/2024/03/27/day-5-pamplona-puente-de-reina/ Ok, hard night. I woke up many many times… After having a quick breakfast, we started the walk at 8am. Crossing the city we enter a somewhat long asphalt road going up slowly. After about 7 km we enter the off-road path and start the heaviest uphill at about 10th km. We reach and cross… https://vitciobanu.eu/2024/03/26/day-3-llarasoana-pamplona/ Tue, 26 Mar 2024 18:48:00 +0100 https://vitciobanu.eu/2024/03/26/day-3-llarasoana-pamplona/ Rainy day 😂😂 luckily it was a short one. First, about the dinner and breakfast. The starter had maybe a 50% portion of hummus , for two people, with two 5-6cm sticks of bread. As main dish there was a vegetable soup, very likely to be frozen vegetables and only boiled some time. For second,… https://vitciobanu.eu/2024/03/25/day-2-roncesvalles-llarasoana/ Mon, 25 Mar 2024 21:12:15 +0100 https://vitciobanu.eu/2024/03/25/day-2-roncesvalles-llarasoana/ Well, this day was much nicer than the previous one. Much more wild and beautiful. Straight from the start we enter a nice path through a forest. It’s kind of short but energizing to start the day with. Overall, the entire day passed through nice areas, with many nice views and trails. It was mostly… https://vitciobanu.eu/2024/03/24/day-1-saint-jean-pied-de-port-roncesvalles/ Sun, 24 Mar 2024 19:56:08 +0100 https://vitciobanu.eu/2024/03/24/day-1-saint-jean-pied-de-port-roncesvalles/ First day of the walk. As mentioned in the previous post, today was about the “backup” route, or winter route. Veeeerryyy boring, long distances on asphalt and sharing the road with cars. The entire distance is mostly going up, with the last kilometers having a steeper incline. Only the last 1.5 km is all going… https://vitciobanu.eu/2024/03/23/day-0-pamplona-saint-jean-pied-de-port/ Sat, 23 Mar 2024 00:54:00 +0100 https://vitciobanu.eu/2024/03/23/day-0-pamplona-saint-jean-pied-de-port/ Well, the time has come. My heart soul and I decided to spend another week of the Camino de Santiago. However this time, starting from the beginning of the French Way, from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port in France. We took the train from Barcelona to Pamplona on Friday evening and arrived at about 10pm at the hostel Albergue… https://vitciobanu.eu/2023/03/05/guissona-hiking/ Sun, 05 Mar 2023 21:08:53 +0100 https://vitciobanu.eu/2023/03/05/guissona-hiking/ This route was part of the Catalan’s endurance 2023 serries. My gps managed to direct me to the wrong city so I arrived at the start about 15 min later. The crowd of 2000 people were already long gone and I had to catch them and overpass, because I wanted to walk fast, to see… https://vitciobanu.eu/2023/02/04/coma-ruga-el-vendrell-castelldefels-hiking/ Sat, 04 Feb 2023 22:11:00 +0100 https://vitciobanu.eu/2023/02/04/coma-ruga-el-vendrell-castelldefels-hiking/ I’ve started doing long-distance walkings, to prepare for summer’s St. James Way (Camino De Santiago). I got approved 3 weeks holiday from work so will try to do the entire French route in 3 weeks. That would be around 40-50 km per day (depending on which source doc you follow). Not an easy task, but…