23-10-01 to 10-05: "I'm on my way from Oviedo to Santiago along Camino del Norte" - the first days
23-10-05 Luarca Finally, after a lot of troubles, I'm starting to write this blog on Thursday the 5:th of October 2023.... I'm sitting in a hotel room in the small city of Luarca at the norther coast of Spain having walked my first 3 days. So, what happened? On Sunday (23-10-01) I had planned to fly from Gothenburg to Oviedo/Aviles via Stansted in England using Ryanair. The first part to Stansted was OK. But Stansted itself wasn't. The airport was filled with people and security control took more than an hour due to this. I had 1½ h switching tim. I would have needed 3 h. So, when I got to the gate, the plane had left. And the next flight was on Tuesday... I went to complain about the situation and discuss alternatives. The possibility I got was to take a late flight to Santiago. I took that and it worked out all right. But I landed late and got by bus to the center of Santiago even later. After much searching, I found a hotel. On Monday (23-10-02) I should have started ...