{"id":52,"date":"2016-04-27T00:24:59","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T00:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/robscamino.com\/2016\/?p=52"},"modified":"2021-08-30T07:42:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T07:42:00","slug":"26th-of-april-from-madrid-to-the-camino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robscamino.com\/2016\/26th-of-april-from-madrid-to-the-camino\/","title":{"rendered":"27th of April &#8211; From Madrid to the Camino"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To reach our Camino start point from Madrid, we decided to take the train. This proved to be a very pleasant journey on quite a fast train that at times hit 200 kilometres an hour. And we had a lovely view of the country side, and just north of Madrid are some beautiful snow-capped mountains.<\/p>\n<p>The journey took us to <strong><em>Le\u00f3n<\/em><\/strong>, where we changed trains very quickly onto a local train to Astorga. After <strong><em>Astorga<\/em><\/strong>, we made our way up to <strong><em>Foncebad\u00f3n<\/em><\/strong> because as a bit of a warm up and also so we could see the Cruz de Fierro, we thought we&#8217;d take a small short walk across the top of the mountains past the <strong><em>Cruz de Ferro<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>End Route to Cruz de Fierro<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CKV6vfcDt3U?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s-WdRlQ64To?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Even though we were doing the Cruz de Fierro at the beginning of our journey, it was still a very emotional moment. We left the albergue early, so that we were at the Cruz by about 8 am, just as the sun was coming up and clearing the clouds around the mountaintop.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nearly at Cruz de Fierro<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hwJX0v-oWgI?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Almost There<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fciZ3SRkAg4?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Because we&#8217;d stayed overnight fairly close to the cross, and started out fairly early, there weren&#8217;t many people when we got to the top of the cross.<\/p>\n<p>We stayed about 20 minutes, whilst we laid our stones and said our prayers, and remembered loved ones that were no longer with us.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cruz de Fierro<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L8gmPgBnrfU?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7GUsJZVdNZo?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We then continued on down through the little hamlet of <em><strong>Manjarin<\/strong><\/em> and down towards <em><strong>El Acebo<\/strong><\/em> and it was at this point, that we were to jump ahead to <em><strong>Sarria<\/strong><\/em>, to actually start our Camino proper.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Heading Down<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uM_e4iSYcm0?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8YhbnvSzpPc?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nSyXb3jntB8?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Molinaseca<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CfpMDY69bfU?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>O Cebreiro<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xOaiwfrFx40?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lunch at O Cebreiro<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6hZqwQSDDHM?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sarria<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KrOL-4KF6mQ?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To reach our Camino start point from Madrid, we decided to take the train. 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